David, Josh and Jonas blog post assignment #2

Our question, how Candide was received by Voltaire's audience, synthesizes with Adina and Ayelets question, How Voltaire felt about religion. In our study, we learnt that the novel was rejected by religious officials. We learnt from Ayelet and Adina that Voltaire was opposed to religion.   Ayelet and Adina explained that Voltaire was specifically against Christian officials.  In addition to the Christians, Voltaire greatly opposed the Jews.  Voltaire expresses his hatred towards the Jews when the Jew and the Christian are fighting over Cunegond to be their concubines.  This synthesizes because it makes sense that Voltaire would satirize what he was opposed to. Because Voltaire satirized the church, the novel was banned by many religious officials, most notably the Roman Caholic church.