Numen make human feel frightened, respect, and fear. The famous Otto’s opinion is Mysterium Tremendum et Fascinosum: the Holy who make human being feel frightened,
respect, and fear also that make human be interested to gather with Him.
2.2.1 Religious of Philosophy In Uncle Tom
At the beginning of Uncle Tom’s cabin Novel, told that Uncle Tom is a very religious person. His religious actions was confessed by his first employer, Arthur Shelby.
“No, I mean, really, Tom is a good, steady, sensible, pious fellow. He got religion at a camp meeting, four years ago; and I believe He really
did get it. I’ve trusted him, since then, with everything I have, …” p. 2
Tom got his religion when He joined a camp. When Augustine St. Clare asked how could Tom knew God while he never seen God yet,
Tom answered that He had faced the presence of God in His life.
“Felt Him in my soul, Mas’r, -feel him now O Mas’r, when I was sold away from my old woman and the children, I was jest a’most broke
up. I felt as if there warn’t nothin’ left; and then the good Lord, He stood b y me and He says. ‘Fear not, Tom ;’ and He brings light and
joy into a poor faller’s soul, - makes all peace,
and I’s so happy, and loves everybody,…” p. 343
Many times Tom faced experiences that make him more convenient of his faith to God, just like when he was carried by Halley. Tom heard in his mind that:
As to Tom, He was thinking over some words of an unfashionable old book, which kept running through his head, again and again, as follows:
“we have here no continuing city, but we see one to come; wherefore God Himself is not ashamed to be called our God; for He Hath
prepared for us a city”p. 132
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The same thing was happen when Tom was in Simon Lagree plantation in Red River. One night Tom was dreamt that he heard a voice when he was sitting on a chair with Eva. Eva
read him a sentence.
“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, …,When thou walkest through the fire; thou shall not be burnet,…,For I am
the Lord thy God, …p. 398
2.2.2 Uncle Tom’s Elements Religiosity
The relationship with God make human take certain attitude, like religious action. Religiosity is true if human confessing the awesome God and the confession will be real if
human prove respectful to the creator. There are some human attitude to communicate with God, such as : praying, commendation, faithfulness, surrender, love, and depend on God. This is the
things that human may do to get near with God.
a. Praying
