QI Clip Myth Vs Truth about Puritans- Really interesting especially with Thanksgiving Coming Up. You won't be saying the Puritans came to America to escape persecution that's for sure
It is quite amazing that to this day the idea of escaping religious persecution is taught in American schools and touted as a reason to institute religious law in congress. Why is this still a thing?
They are correct about the Mayflower, but very ignorant about the Puritans. The separatists came on the Mayflower, and the Puritans joined them in 1628. They agreed theologically, however, they disagreed on one thing: The Church of England. Separatists wanted to separate from the Church, while the Puritans wanted to 'purify' the English church from its catholic tendencies and practices. Puritan-minded Ministers were persecuted by James I, so they left to join the separatists.