Why does Jimmy dislike religious practices NU In John Osborne s play Look Back in Anger Jimmy Porter dislikes religion deeply His anger comes from his childhood pain his rejection of authority and his hatred of false morality in society Personal Disillusionment Jimmy lost his father when he was ten He watched his father suffer for twelve months This pain made him angry and bitter He says in Act I For twelve months I watched my father dying when I was ten years old This early pain left him bitter Religion gave him no comfort He felt abandoned and lost Hypocrisy in Religion Jimmy sees religion as hypocritical He thinks people use it to look moral In Act I Cliff mocks a church leader and says appeal to all Christians to do all they can to assist in the manufacture of the H-Bomb This bitter irony shows religion supporting violence