1. The American Puritans
(Christianity.com)The Puritans took the Bible literally and had to live every aspect of their lives according to this holy book; for them, the Bible was God's true law. ... "The law, based upon the Bible [ ] forbid the practice of witchcraft, and described death as the penalty thereof. "(95) The judge thought this way: due to their religious beliefs, the holy book was just like our system of laws. ... "Evidently the time came in New England when the repressions of order were heavier than seemed warranted by the dangers against which the order was organized. "(6) This quotation from the pl...
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