SETTLING FOR DETERMINISM

Both the Pilgrams and the Puritans left England so that they could could live by their own religious beliefs. However, the Pilgrims left England as soon as they possibly could because they believed that leaving England would allow them to
successfully obtain "individual righeousness". However, something that was extremly intresting was the idea that although Pilgrims were searching for religious freedom, they were only accepting of those who agreed with their religious beliefs. Those who were trying to practice other religious beliefs were often outcasted. The Puritans, however, went about religious reform in a different way. They wanted to reform the Church of England while remaining withing the Church. They believed that the Church was not the same as it was dureing Christ's era, and wanted to return it to that states of purity. However, like the Pilgrims, once they went to the New World, they too only accepted those who agreed with their beliefs.

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