Through my own personal responses of the Anne of Green Gables book, I do not believe it encourages nor discourages my Christian faith. The author does not support nor does she put Christianity down within the pages of the book, despite the fact some of the characters believe in the Christian faith. God was only brought up the few times due to the fact during the time period of the characters, though when he was brought up it was for short, brief moments. But when looking at the character's faith, it revolved around the Cuthberts. The few times the Cutherts' faith was brought up was when they prayed or when Anne had disobeyed and committed a sin against God and his commandments. Though when looking through the eyes of the character Anne Shirley and her faith, she seemed to mix her own spiritual thinking of the world with Marilla Cuthbert's faith while she goes through life under the Cuthbert's roof.
For instance, when Marilla had asked Anne to pray before she went to bed to rest(chapter five of the book Anne of Green Gables), Anne had created a prayer where she had mixed in how she thought of the spiritual world and what Marilla's Christian faith was. Though due to Anne's distancing between herself and faith, she didn't at first see the point in praying despite the fact that when she stayed in the asylum she was taught of faith. It was quite easy to tell that Anne was struggling to come up with a prayer that would please Marilla's wishes, though in the end, Anne succeeded at forging an odd prayer that put her beliefs and Marilla's together.
As I had stated before, I don't believe the author truly supported my Christian faith in the book Anne of Green Gables, though when it was brought up it seemed to only brush the surface of what I believed in.
