03-15-2016, 05:50 PM
(03-15-2016, 05:44 PM)McC Wrote: Actually, they first went to Holland, where they did escape religious persecution. They went to America because life in Holland was just too damn hard.
I wouldn't call what they went through religious persecution. It was political, really. The Puritans held the same beliefs but because they were willing to, essentially, be official with the state, they had no issues. Those we call the Pilgrims today were really calling for a separation of church and state, which I can admire, but it was more of a political fight than a religious one, at least in my opinion.
