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ffs, the pilgrims were Protestants !
Also, the pic, OMG.
Phew, all this is more sad than hilarious.
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"The Pilgrims were part of that opposition. They were English Protestants influenced by John Calvin and wanted to "purify" the Anglican Church of its Roman Catholic influences. The Separatists objected strongly to church hierarchy and all of the sacraments except baptism and the Lord's Supper."
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History. Yes. Everyone should study history. But,...
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They were also slap bang in the middle of the reign of a Roman Catholic king, who like the Protestants did to Catholics in previous years, persecuted their opposite numbers to death.
Bloody *religion* getting in the way of *faith* again. Humans sucked then as much as they do today.
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