According to Milton, how or why does truth become a heresy if a person believes things only because his pastor or government tells him so? Why does Milton find this practice dangerous?
According to Milton, truth becomes heresy if a person only believes the things his pastor/government tells because they are only hearing a censored version of the truth. The truth will still be exchanged and shared, and when they hear the truth, it will contridict what their pastor or government tells them. People will take this truth as sinful, or unlawful.
If truth becomes heresy, then truth would be spoken underground. Milton, says this is dangerous because there would be a sense of secrecy and mystery if these ideas weren't out in the open for everyone to hear or be aware of.
He also felt that progress would stop. If the truth isn't known and new ideas aren't shared, then society would cease to advance, or evolve. Pastors and government want people to conform, and only believe the information that they give them. Milton feels conformity is dangerous. People would not be to allowed to grow intellectually and ask questions.
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So I wasn't sure if we had to respond to each others blogs for the second one, I'm responding to your blog just in case. : )I pretty much answered the same way. Progress would definitley stop and how would the people be able to move forward.
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