Religion in The Glory and the Power

In the second chapter of The Glory and the Power I found very interesting the point of view of religion. In this pages, the liuetenant is introduced as a vicious and ruthless person. This character is completley against cristianism and persecutes all religious followers and most importantly, catholic priests. When a photograph is shown to him were a priest appears in a first communion, the police officer is angry and he says that the priest is to be aprehended and executed. Even though this seem irrational at first, this is understandable to a certain point because of all the damage that catholisism has done to his poeple and therefore he is fighting for the greater good. The lieutenant shows so much hate towards priests that he finds them more threatening than a bank robber and murderer(now this is irrational in my opionion). In this chapter they show us how religious freedom is not an option in Mexico during this time period and how people are forced to abandone their faith. They also talk about Padre Jose who was forced to denie his comitment to God because of religious persecution. All of this mentioned above is a perfect example of the abuse the catholic church had in many cultures and how this created confusion and hate towards the religion. Nevertheless people shouldn't act violently towards the issue becuase religion is very important in many peoples lives and not everybody in the clergy is corrupted. Even though catholicism was owtlawed in Mexico during this time period, there were still people who had their faith and this shows the importance of religion.