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Reminder that there is no official religion in the United States (lemmy.world)

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[–] Shiggles 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Puritans were, technically, fleeing because of their religion: like you say, the Netherlands were too tolerant/Protestant for them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

They were also discriminated by the Dutch though. Since the Protestants weren’t very welcoming to religious zealots, because then they recently came out of the Eighty Years War with the Hapsburgs who wanted to suppress the Reformation in the Netherlands.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

The puritans were protestants though. That's part of why when they held power in England under Oliver Cromwell they were so brutal to the Irish.