James Burke : The Day The Universe Changed: "Credit Where It's Due", 2 of 5 (CC)

[MMStingRay01]

WHAT'S UP MR. NIEDZWIECKI'S HISTORY

[PrincessTS01]

i love it

[ScipioNew]

Thumbs up if you get here by searching:the universe is talking to us right now :D

[dreasim]

wikipedia on English DIssenters - ..."After the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, the episcopacy was reinstalled and the rights of the Dissenters were limited: the Act of Uniformity 1662 required Anglican ordination for all clergy, and many instead withdrew from the state church. "

i.e. either you were Anglican or forbidden. I think that was JB's point.

[tincoffin]

Unfortunately we then invited a Scotch git in who got us up to our neck in debt again

[Medic196]

Pardon my proofreading, but I think the pastor was saying, ". . .and to Jesus Christ, Whom He has sent . . ."

[Primalxbeast]

I think that baby was an atheist....

I don't WaaAaaAana be baptized

[lazyweb]

I remember the first, say, ten times i watched this , how peculiar I thought his statement was, about the Dissenters being 'potentially dangerous revolutionary fanatics'.

Then I watched Starkey's UK Monarchy, and Schama's History of Britain. ( Numerous times )

I did my own research.

Conclusion:

The various Puritans were indeed, fanatics. You certainly could not let them join the army, or do all that other stuff. Now this part of the story seems quite sinister to me.

[trollathlete]

@lazyweb Sinister? Yes, but most of the rest (Methodists, Prsebys, Quakers and the lot) weren't.

[kingdong4]

screw gofman