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[Phil Stracchino]

Sandwich Maker wrote:
> the pilgrims seeking freedom of worship [tr: freedom to oppress
> others] were a bunch of reformist wingnuts.  one of the reasons they
> came here is that as protestants they refused to recognize the church
> of england.  as the king is the head, that's technically treason,
> punishable by a particularly nasty form of execution.  so they could
> either have
> 1. died horribly and painfully
> 2. spent the rest of their naturals in 17th c. prison
> 3. converted
> or
> 4. accepted exile
> in that light, what they did wasn't so daring.  imho it's also telling
> that they switched from the geneva protestant bible to the kjv less
> than 2 generations after landing.  i guess they started seeing things
> differently once they became the state...

It's been said, and not at all unfairly IMHO, that the Pilgrim Fathers
fled religious persecution in Europe seeking the freedom to persecute
others in their own way.


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