Jim Jones cult is a fair characterization. They also evolved into a society that killed religious dissidents (pretty rich by my lights, since that’s just what the Episcopalian Brits did to them in England, and one of the reasons they left). My ancestor (that got herself killed by the Puritans) was named Mary Barrett Dyer and she was hung by the neck until dead on the Boston Commons in 1660 for being a Quaker. Now she’s got a statue in front of the Massachusetts Legislature.
Well if you went through what the Pilgrims did just to get to America, you might feel you had the right to establish a place where your religion was the established religion. And might feel that anyone who felt differently had a wide choice of places in America to do things his way.My ancestor (that got herself killed by the Puritans) was named Mary Barrett Dyer and she was hung by the neck until dead on the Boston Commons in 1660 for being a Quaker. Now she’s got a statue in front of the Massachusetts Legislature.BTW, New England became a populous place because the Mayflower was far from the last boat loaded with Pilgrims to make the crossing.
I can see how you would see it differently than those Pilgrims, of course . . .