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Pilgrim said:
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john asked:
Maybe a more interesting and useful question is "What are the characteristics (good and bad?) of Puritan living?"
Well let's see... first we should establish a definition for a "Puritan". May I suggest: "A Puritan is someone who while sitting in his cellar in the dark says to himself, 'I have the strangest feeling that there is someone out there somewhere having fun!'" <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

Pilgrim,

I'm not sure what to make of this response. I think that you are being a bit facetious with the quote, but it's hard to tell. I'm sure that for most people who only have a vague idea of the Puritans, this is probably what they think. I'm sure the reality of the Puritan era was much different though. Actually, I don't really know much about the lives of the Puritans. I've read a lot of Puritan writings, but I've never read much about their lives.

John