[Bishop_Malachi]

Let’s not forget that Puritans used hang Quakers. They left England to establish a Puritan state where Puritan Anglicanism— a.k.a Congregationalism —could be practiced. They did not leave England to establish a state where people were free to practice whatever religion they wanted. It is incorrect to say the Puritans wanted freedom of religion; they did not. They wanted to be able to practice their own religion freely. Those are two very different things.

[firebrand]

That's why I said heirs of the Puritans. The Baptists changed things somewhat. They kept a lot of the important stuff, though, if you accept the statement--for example, living every aspect of your life in strict observance of what you believe. Yes, other religions have that, but the Baptists as a group stress it among themselves.

Some people prefer to say that the evangelicals are the heirs of the Puritans. In one important way, they are. They are both invisible.