“But Why Did The Pilgrims Come?”

Submission by: Don Pinson transcript from his radio program THINK ABOUT IT RADIO PROGRAM #670 - aired on: 11/15/12 Full post on http://www.brushfireforum.com

I know what you have been taught but what do you know and more importantly what do you live. What is the root of why the Pilgrims made the journey and what foundation did they bring with them. Don Pinson from Heritage Ministry had this description.

“The Pilgrims landed in America, this week 392 years ago. But do you know why they came to America? Was it to start a new life? Well, yes. But what kind of life? Was it so they could be free? Well, yes; but what kind of freedom were they looking for? Because most of us don’t know the answer to these questions is why we continue to accept---or even vote for--- more and more of the slavery from which they were fleeing."

Perhaps you would say, “They came here for religious freedom.” And you would be right. But---what kind of religious freedom. Did they come merely so they could sing songs to God and study the Bible in their own gatherings. No they came with a much broader desire than that.”

This is not just what Don says but he gives insights to the Pilgrims own thoughts and words.

“Our ancestors established their system of government...with the very first foundations laid

under the divine light of the Christian religion....Our fathers were brought [here] by their high

[respect] for the Christian religion. They journeyed by its light and labored in its hope. They

sought to...diffuse its influence through all their institutions, civil, political, or [educational].
Let us...extend this influence still more widely; in full conviction that that is the happiest

society which partakes in the highest degree of the mild and peaceful spirit of Christianity.”

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