[buwaya]

I disagree with the thrust of the piece because it is dreadfully incomplete. This is what happens when this type of argument is attempted. Some is purported to stand for all. Note that Macaulay in the bits quoted deals with only a few of the matters at issue.

[Diamond]

In that case ANY history could be said to be 'dreadfully incomplete' because no history is exhaustive in all elements or aspects. You cited Macaulay as giving a much different picture. I am saying that where Macaulay touches on the subject he tend to corroborate what Smith, Fiske and Bancroft, et al have written about the significance and critical importance Calvinism in the formation of England and America. If you have specific examples from Macaulay to the contrary please cite them.

Is there any other specific reason that you disagree with the statements of Smith, Fiske and Bancroft, et al regarding the significance and critical importance Calvinism in the development of England and America, other than they apparently are not nuanced enough for your taste? Why are they wrong? Where are they inaccurate? Do you have any specific evidence other than a single, broad demographic statistic to support your assertion that US society was not created by Calvinist/Presbyterian ideas?

Cordially,