> ...the Puritans believed in religious freedom only for Puritans; they were stricter enforcers of religious conformity than many European states. I'd always f

> ...the Puritans believed in religious freedom only for Puritans; they were stricter enforcers of religious conformity than many European states. I'd always figured the Puritans were horrified at the thought of their children growing up amongst the tolerant Dutch and promptly removed themselves to the New World? EDIT: come to think of it, if lack of data processing technology was what drove religious freedom, what does our era of cheap bandwidth and storage imply? (with biometrics we no longer need tonsures to indicate clerical status, and the Nazis had bought IBM machines in order to implement their racial laws) You may put them on the list — you may put them on the list; And they'll none of them be missed — they'll none of them be missed!