tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post8659019316384927539..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: Would the Puritans Have Executed John Adams For His Religious Heresy?Brad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-64021591473023370472013-12-14T17:02:26.006-07:002013-12-14T17:02:26.006-07:00Hi,
While I realize how harsh and Bible-based the ...Hi,<br />While I realize how harsh and Bible-based the Body of Liberties made Massachusetts, I would also like to point out the many liberties (hence the name)that the document granted. It's true that Adams would have probably been executed under the laws of the BOL, but he also would've had many rights in his trial (such as having a trial, a right to bail, even if he didn't live in the colony, etc. - very progressive for the time). In any event, none of the more than 90 rights granted would've protected him against the strict "Capitall Laws"... Just wanted to show both sides of the documentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-44552172226354545702010-09-27T17:57:52.145-06:002010-09-27T17:57:52.145-06:00Re: " Do you know what vote Adams was talking...Re: "<i> Do you know what vote Adams was talking about? Some early Church Council?</i>"<br /><br />My understanding is that Adams was referring to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea" rel="nofollow">First Council of Nicaea</a>.bpabbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047791198702983998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-14446743280368513762010-09-27T15:28:39.444-06:002010-09-27T15:28:39.444-06:00Do you know what vote Adams was talking about? So...Do you know what vote Adams was talking about? Some early Church Council?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-11967735269387552382010-09-25T16:24:35.504-06:002010-09-25T16:24:35.504-06:00The untold story because of the "Harvard Narr...The untold story because of the "Harvard Narrative".King of Irelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793825722325763371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-2037484507336072192010-09-25T13:15:19.482-06:002010-09-25T13:15:19.482-06:00Farah didn't really write that. he compared t...Farah didn't really write that. he compared the Mayflower Compact to the Declaration as a "mission statement," but didn't reference the Compact directly as something we should draw from today.<br /><br />I am always puzzled by the constant references to the Mayflower, etc. by religious types, though. The lesson to be drawn from history is how the semi-theocratic Puritan scheme died off quite on its own, well before the Founding, without any help from the First Amendment.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-56786079282580381762010-09-25T11:50:04.615-06:002010-09-25T11:50:04.615-06:00This shows how things had evolved by the time of t...This shows how things had evolved by the time of the Revolution. Are you saying that this occured because of the diminishing power of the Orthodox and that they had no choice but to be tolerant. OR another possibility is it happened because they became more tolerant.<br /><br />I think it is the former and for many of the reasons Tom stated in his recent post on Protestantism. Once Baptists and other started to come the Puritians were either going to have to fight them or accomondate them. Once the can of worms was open accomondation of heretics was inevitable. <br /><br />But a powerful point nonetheless against that fool Farah!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13525858551867530960noreply@blogger.com