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Originally Posted by gekkogecko
… this persecution was a reaction to the acts of the Puritans …
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I am pleased to see that you now accept that the Puritans were persecuted.
Now that we agree that they were persecuted, I am confident that, following a careful reading of the various available history texts, you will find very few which advance the proposition that the Pilgrims emigrated to the New World to seek religious freedom for everyone. Actually, I would be interesting in reading any reputable history which suggests that the Pilgrims emigrated to seek religious freedom for anyone other than themselves.
As a matter of fact, if you follow
the link for question 19 on the score page of the quiz, you will read “…The solution was to create their own colony where they were free to practice their own beliefs and free from the tainting of other belief systems.”.
So, no. It is a mistake to claim that “It is a lie to say that the Pilgrims emigrated to North America to seek religious freedom.”
The story of the Latin West’s involvement with witches, on the other hand, is intriguing.