Isn't this why the Puritans et al left Europe and England to travel to the New World? Religious freedom.
The pastor in the article sounds like a Elmer Gantry. From wiki: On publication in 1927, Elmer Gantry created a public furor. The book was banned in Boston and other cities and denounced from pulpits across the USA. One cleric suggested that Lewis should be imprisoned for five years, and there were also threats of physical violence against the author. The famous evangelist Billy Sunday called Lewis "Satan’s cohort". The novel remains unpopular with many evangelical Christians.
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Isn't this why the Puritans et al left Europe and England to travel to the New World? Religious freedom.
The pastor in the article sounds like a Elmer Gantry. From wiki: On publication in 1927, Elmer Gantry created a public furor. The book was banned in Boston and other cities and denounced from pulpits across the USA. One cleric suggested that Lewis should be imprisoned for five years, and there were also threats of physical violence against the author. The famous evangelist Billy Sunday called Lewis "Satan’s cohort". The novel remains unpopular with many evangelical Christians.
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