Holland, a country with more religious tolerence than englandTrue, but
not for Catholicism. Because the tolerance was in large part a backlash against the Spanish Inquisition/Armada etc, and William of Orange was the man whose time had come:
http://www.hiptravelguide.com/amsterdam/php/article.php?sid=45Of course, there's heavy irony that the Church of England was supposedly initiated as a means of
escaping oppression and providing religious freedom. Before too long it's yet another dogma and means of controlling people (albeit, significantly, at a more local level). It was news to me that Separatism (Puritanism/Calvinism) kicked off with very similar admirable intentions - i.e. individual freedom of worship - but this makes perfect sense.
Tout ca change:
http://www.thirdway.org/files/world/mayflower.htmlWhat was that Joni Mitchell song about circles?!
Ummm donuts... Halos, perhaps? Ah, Circles!
Yeah, OK, total digression, mea culpa.
