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“A Pause of Thought\u201d wonderfully portrays the internal conflict\u00a0people had in relation to the\u00a0social and\u00a0political unrest of the 19<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0century. It could speak to numerous issues, such as marriage and social status, but one that was\u00a0most apparent was\u00a0the\u00a0struggle in the search for faith and truth behind religion. This poem opens with the line of \u201cI looked for that which is not, nor can be\u201d. It then goes on to say how they waited and searched for this, but in vain. Though critical\u00a0of the idea, they never lost sight of it and seemed as if\u00a0they were disappointed in themselves that they could not. I interpret this thing or being that the author is searching for to be God and\u00a0faith in her or him. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During this era of\u00a0revolution, many people found themselves to be uprooted from their stable, traditional values they held dear. Many things were left to the unknown\u00a0and societal norms and morals were in question. Confusion rose and so did the question of faith.\u00a0People wanted to find answers to transform\u00a0their beliefs into\u00a0concrete facts, but something like spirituality and religion is difficult\u00a0to prove. Frustration in the search of answers consumed the thoughts of those who found themselves in this state. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A differing factor that led to the question of God and religion was the fact that many\u00a0other things were also\u00a0being questioned, tested, and in a state of unrest. People have the tendency to find someone or something to bring blame upon\u00a0when something they see as negative is happening outside of their own control. It has seemed that God was often this scapegoat. Though many attributed all good\u00a0things to God and the glorious\u00a0wonders brought about through her or him, they are also quick to blame when something goes\u00a0wrong. Because of this philosophy, the issue of unrest in other areas very well could have led to the\u00a0questioning\u00a0of\u00a0faith.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether it be from the search of the unknown or the overall turmoil of this time period, the faith in God was in great question at this time. Though many people were not able to outwardly express their doubts because of social or legal repercussions, the issue is extremely prevelent in many works during the 19<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0century.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“A Pause of Thought\u201d wonderfully portrays the internal conflict\u00a0people had in relation to the\u00a0social and\u00a0political unrest of the 19th\u00a0century. It could speak to numerous issues, such as marriage and social status, but one that was\u00a0most apparent was\u00a0the\u00a0struggle in the search for faith and truth behind religion. This poem opens with the line of \u201cI looked … Continue reading Is God Real?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4743,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169398],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2021-blog-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}