Of course, as soon as they got settled in the New World, they interpreted their "religious freedom" to mean that EVERYONE had to subscribe to their form of religious belief, and began to persecute people with other beliefs just as much as those Sainted Pilgrims had been in England.
And this happened all over the New England states: Quakers in one state or RCs in another or Anglicans in a third all disdained or actively persecuted Christians who were "not like them". Rhode Island was formed to avoid this problem, but it is telling that RI is still the smallest state: Christians really prefer to persecute some other group if they can, all in the Name of the Loving Son of God.
Even now, you see this, in the demands for a "Christian state" or "Christian country": OUR form of belief MUST supersede all others, even if that means persecution and losing the message. Those "other" people aren't really Christians (which must surprise the victims), and certainly any other person with differing beliefs must be brought into the fold forcibly.
A pox on all your houses! Especially on those where they can't even read that Bible that is so "good".
And this happened all over the New England states: Quakers in one state or RCs in another or Anglicans in a third all disdained or actively persecuted Christians who were "not like them". Rhode Island was formed to avoid this problem, but it is telling that RI is still the smallest state: Christians really prefer to persecute some other group if they can, all in the Name of the Loving Son of God.
Even now, you see this, in the demands for a "Christian state" or "Christian country": OUR form of belief MUST supersede all others, even if that means persecution and losing the message. Those "other" people aren't really Christians (which must surprise the victims), and certainly any other person with differing beliefs must be brought into the fold forcibly.
A pox on all your houses! Especially on those where they can't even read that Bible that is so "good".