Was Mark Twain a Christian

Answer 1

He actually rejected G-d most of his life.

But then something (which can only be described as miraculous) happened. In his much later years, he actually became Christian, and accepted Jesus as his Lord & Savior.

Answer

All his life as an adult Twain had little in common with Christians. His works (Eve's Diary, Adam's Diary) point out fallacies in Christian belief. His greatest works of this nature (The War Prayer, Letters From the Earth and Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven) show the scorn he has for Christian belief. His last words (I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. Quoted in Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion) do not indicate any last minute conversion

Answer

It is certain that especially in his later years he, dictating many phrases that showed his contempt for belief in God, was regarded as an atheist, but surely he learned much from the liberal Christians around him. Depending on the definition, Twain can be a Christian or an atheist, but according to the concept of civil religion as Dr. Spillers defined it, he was a Christian.

(NANZAN REVIEW OF AMERICAN STUDIES Volume 29 (2007): 169-172

Answer 2

So much blood has been shed by the Church because of an omission from the Gospel: "Ye shall be indifferent as to what your neighbor's religion is." Not merely tolerant of it, but indifferent to it. Divinity is claimed for many religions; but no religion is great enough or divine enough to add that new law to its code.

Yes, but he denyise it

Answer 3

Mark Twain was raised in a Christian household but later became critical of organized religion and the concept of God. He identified more as a humanist and held strong beliefs in the importance of individual morality and social justice.

Answer 4

Mark Twain was a cynic, sarcastic and a curmudgeon - these may be characteristics of some satanic people but not prerequisites.

Answer 5

Yes.