
SALEM EPISODE 4: The pervasive power of Puritanism
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Puritans and the Law of Attraction
puritans put down laws which are outside of the usual norms of british law. They'd really try to ban everything that they think athe bible thought was a bad thing, but also sometimes that they themselves thought was a good thing. It's about being a good puritan and following all the rules,. literally, religiously. So in adultery, theft, speaking against the bible, doing certain things on a sunday, all of these are things that they write into their law codes. The puritans made a lot of enemies for themselves - some have been accused of witchcraft.
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