tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998258.post110147250102934807..comments2023-10-31T11:06:03.622-05:00Comments on It's My Country, Too: The Pilgrims, Marriage, and Separation of Church & StateRiggsvedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13047992729035343081noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998258.post-1101757775247473952004-11-29T14:49:00.000-05:002004-11-29T14:49:00.000-05:00Interesting, too, that the part of the essay you m...Interesting, too, that the part of the essay you mention had to do with natural forces (the storms, the sea) getting in the way of those greedy landgrabbers, and how easy it would be to say it was "God's will" that it stay in the possession of the Plymouth colonists. Almost poetic justice, doesn't it seem?Riggsvedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047992729035343081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998258.post-1101477879844010742004-11-26T09:04:00.000-05:002004-11-26T09:04:00.000-05:00Nice post. I was aware of that the Puritans of Ma...Nice post. I was aware of that the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay and the Pilgrims were distinct, but I didn't know the bit about civil marriage. I also found interesting the part in the essay you linked to that describes the arrogant attitude of the Puritans and how they almost co-opted CT River land that the Pilgrims had begun to settle. That arrogant attitude of taking things that don't belong to you prevailed in taking Native American land, and prevails today in helping ourselves to countries (Iraq) that possess oil.<br /><br />poputonianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com