Ha, ha, maybe you all had best get an education. Allow this article to be your introductory lesson:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tina-dupuy/the-puritans-were-not-the_b_67586.html
2007-10-09 04:29:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The Puritans were colonists who came to the new world and landed at Plymouth Rock.
The Founding Fathers are those who founded the country (wrote the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, etc.) This was almost a century later.
2007-10-09 04:34:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Puritans preceded the Founding Fathers by a century or so. The Puritans were not seeking to start a new country only to get away from religious persecution.
It is good to see how proud you are that you finally learned some American History. Congratulations, but we already knew that.
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2007-10-09 04:38:38 · answer #2 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No! We are educated enough to know that difference. Our founding Fathers were very wise in their wisdom's and foresight. The Puritans were very fundamental and strict. They are obviously not the same. So what is your point?
2007-10-09 04:37:31 · answer #3 · answered by RubyUnicorn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Great Article!
Although I don't believe the above myth, and many similar one's, I do believe that the Founding Fathers wrote the Bill of Rights, The Preamble, and the Constitution, based on their Judeo-Christian upbringing and education.
I also believe that the phrase "In God We Trust" should remain on our currency and elsewhere, and that the phrase"One Nation, Under God" belongs in the Pledge of Allegiance.
The vast majority of US are still Christians, in one form or another, and however badly back-slid many of us are, we realize that we would Not be who we are, or prize American values so highly, if we didn't believe in something higher than man-kind.
2007-10-09 04:53:32 · answer #4 · answered by thehermanator2003 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
And if you believe Christian beliefs had nothing to do with the founding of our nation, YOUR a moron. Where did the puritans go? Back across the ocean?
2007-10-09 04:42:31 · answer #5 · answered by jrldsmith 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Huffington Post is not a reliable source. Try again.
But to answer your post, of course they weren't the same.
2007-10-09 04:37:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess the fundies don't understand how much can change in over 200 years (the time that passed between puritans and the founding fathers)
i guess that whole enlightenment thing doesn't figure into their theology either.
2007-10-09 04:33:59 · answer #7 · answered by Free Radical 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2017-01-03 08:15:02 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you ask a question and assume you know the answer and we don't? Sort of defeats the purpose...and no, I don't know anyone who thinks that. Ha ha, maybe you should put some thought into your questions.
2007-10-09 04:32:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because a blogger on the largest liber blog says its so, it must be true. Thanks for enlightening me.
2007-10-09 04:44:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋