2006-10-09 07:23:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
According the a school textbook, they fled England for religious freedom. It was important because religion was like their lifestyle.
2006-10-09 07:25:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Religion was ubiquitous in those days. An interesting but little known triva is that when the US was first formed, church attendance was at less than 10%.
Everyone had a religion, and religious language permeated English at the time, but few people actually practiced it.
2006-10-09 14:34:54 · answer #2 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original Pilgrims fled religious persecution in Europe and arrived in the New World to practice the most oppressive form of Christianity in recorded history.
2006-10-09 14:27:53 · answer #3 · answered by theredmosquito 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Catholics had held absolute rule in Europe for 1238 years. They were merciless murders of any and all who did not agree with them in all maters pertaining to everything. From when to plant to religion to laws of the land to science. Our for fathers did not want that to happen here. The separation of church and state, which means that NO religious organization can control the laws of this land, was put into our constitution. It DID NOT include the removal of God from the public forum, ie. school, courts of law, public display, etc. as the liberals would have every one to believe.
2006-10-09 14:34:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because religious freedom was not an option in England at the time. The Pilgrims were majority of Christian faith which became the basis for our laws and moral reasoning.
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2006-10-09 14:26:55 · answer #5 · answered by Coo coo achoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The thirteen colonies were established by people who fled England to escape religious persecution. That is why people think our country was founded on religion. It was founded on Freedom of religion.
2006-10-09 14:39:53 · answer #6 · answered by stullerrl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because many of the original colonist were fleeing religious persecution, not just from England but Holland, Germany, Ireland and other countries.
2006-10-09 14:26:15 · answer #7 · answered by Tower of T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
without the guidance of a DIVINE PROVIDENCE looking after the endeavors of establishing a new nation conceived in liberty the founding fathers realized their effort would be doomed for failure from the very start.
2006-10-09 14:26:21 · answer #8 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
religion was a good reason they came over here in the first place, besides the potential money of course.to make such a journey, they had to believe that someone was watching over them
2006-10-09 14:27:45 · answer #9 · answered by Ellis S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because so many dissenters came here in search of religious liberty.
2006-10-09 14:33:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋