03-15-2016, 01:40 PM
(03-15-2016, 01:38 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Yes, but didn't the Pilgrims come here to escape persecution by Christians? I suppose "This country was founded on the principle of getting the hell away from crazy, oppressive Christians" doesn't have the same ring to it, eh?
Interestingly enough, they weren't really facing persecution. The Pilgrims were just separatists. Their religion was pretty much the same as the Puritans in England, but they wanted separation of church and state. The Puritans were changing things within the system, the Pilgrims wanted out of the system. Of course, they founded a colony that wasn't all that tolerant to non-Calvinists, so it's a complicated scenario.
