Editing Zora Neale Hurston (section)

===Spiritual views===
In Chapter XV of ''[[Dust Tracks on a Road]]'', entitled "Religion", Hurston expressed disbelief in and disdain for both theism and religious belief.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://medium.com/religion-bites/religion-by-zora-neale-hurston-4fa3b147579e|title= 'Religion' by Zora Neale Hurston|date= August 24, 2018|access-date= December 23, 2020|archive-date= March 18, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210318022920/https://medium.com/religion-bites/religion-by-zora-neale-hurston-4fa3b147579e|url-status= live}}</ref> She states:
{{blockquote|Prayer seems to me a cry of weakness, and an attempt to avoid, by trickery, the rules of the game as laid down. I do not choose to admit weakness. I accept the challenge of responsibility. Life, as it is, does not frighten me, since I have made my peace with the universe as I find it, and bow to its laws.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ffrf.org/news/day/dayitems/item/14128-zora-neale-hurston |title=Zora Neale Hurston |website=[[Freedom From Religion Foundation]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612114348/https://ffrf.org/news/day/dayitems/item/14128-zora-neale-hurston |archive-date=June 12, 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

However, though clearly an [[atheism|atheist]] who firmly rejected the [[Baptist]] beliefs of her preacher father, she retained an interest in religion from anthropological and literary standpoints. She investigated [[Haitian Vodou|voodoo]], going so far as to participate in rituals alongside her research subjects. In another of her original uncensored notes for her autobiography shares her admiration for Biblical characters like [[David|King David]]: "He was a man after God's own heart, and was quite serviceable in helping God get rid of no-count rascals who were cluttering up the place."<ref>{{cite book |first=Zora Neale |last=Hurston |chapter=Seeing the world as it is |title=Dust tracks on a Road |edition=HarperPerennial |year=1991 |page=245 |isbn=9780060921682}}</ref>