Post your Pilgrims... and a little history lesson. ANSWER POSTED 11/14.
Well, it's that time of year again, so post your Pilgrims... and since it is that time of year again I thought that it would be time for a little history lesson.
Puritans often get a bad rap in this country... think of how many times you've heard about "Puritanical" this or that. Just like the Waltz was once thought of as highly risque, the Puritans were at one time thought of as the Radicals of their era. Can anyone tell me what it was that the Puritans agitated for that was HIGHLY progressive for that era and that got the Powers That Be so upset? I'll post the answer no later than tomorrow morning my time (CA.).
EDITED TO ADD: Answer posted below 9:15 am 11/14.
Puritans often get a bad rap in this country... think of how many times you've heard about "Puritanical" this or that. Just like the Waltz was once thought of as highly risque, the Puritans were at one time thought of as the Radicals of their era. Can anyone tell me what it was that the Puritans agitated for that was HIGHLY progressive for that era and that got the Powers That Be so upset? I'll post the answer no later than tomorrow morning my time (CA.).
EDITED TO ADD: Answer posted below 9:15 am 11/14.

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Also, there were some good responses to the question. The answer I was looking for was that the Puritans were considered Radical for their times because they agitated for Universal Public Education. Basically it was an outgrowth in their belief that each person should stand before God without some sort of intermediary like the (Episcopal) Church. Thus everybody should be able to read the Bible on their own. Given the percentage of people that had some sort of schooling during this Era (and thus had The Power of Knowledge), this was indeed a firebreathing sort of outlook.
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