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To: dayglored

As usual I get in my quick response that the Puritans were a feasting, smoking, drinking, dancing, hard working, fun loving people.

The “Puritan” label referred to their desire to keep the worship pure of Roman Catholic influences.


7 posted on 04/26/2010 10:15:07 PM PDT by Persevero (If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?)
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To: Persevero
> As usual I get in my quick response that the Puritans were a feasting, smoking, drinking, dancing, hard working, fun loving people. The “Puritan” label referred to their desire to keep the worship pure of Roman Catholic influences.

Ah, interesting. Thanks for the correction.

20 posted on 04/27/2010 7:02:33 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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