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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
My objection wasn't to your comments on Anglicanism vs Puritanism vs Catholicism but you your specific comment "...our nation actually became founded out of the hate of the KJV." Only a very few people came here seeking 'religious freedom', and I don't believe that which version of the bible they read had anything to do with it. That is what I asked for documentation on.
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Actually if you study the issue, many of the Puritans {believers in the Geneva bible and Doctrine} were persecuted by the COE, {KJV believers} many tortured and killed.
The actual core of them wanting to come to America was over this. They hated the KJV with it's taint of Rome and the latin vulgate. They refused any KJV bible and brought with them their beloved Geneva. You're wrong to assume people came here for religious freedom per say. More one group of believers left than many with different beliefs. Those that came did so with one religious mindset, not seeking religious freedom for all. All in all, only about a 10% difference between the two, but some big differences.
If you study the links in detail, it's rather clear, but again a long study.