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MisterP

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2. hmm, UU's development had much more to do with Victorian shifts

Reply to Demeter (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 12:25 PM

Oct 2015

and I may add that all the Congregationalist Founders thought of themselves as tip-top Enlightened: even their effort to ban Papists was the peak of Enlightenment, and many would've agreed

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And even today every religious outfit feels entitled to rule in MA Demeter Oct 2015 #1

hmm, UU's development had much more to do with Victorian shifts MisterP Oct 2015 #2