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Roger Williams.
10 random takeaways.
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The beginnings of early colonial America featured the same types of tensions they were fleeing: who has authority over belief, speech, and religious life? Through Winthrop’s journal, we see Roger Williams not as a later legend, but as a living problem for a colony still defining itself.
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- Roger Williams.
- May 6, 1682..
The exact birth and death dates of Roger Williams has been lost to history…so far at least. We think he was born around 1602, give or take a few years. We know he passed in 1683, and by April 1st. We also know he was alive on January 15th. We also believe he was about 80 or 81 when he passed. It’s interesting how much is lost to time for even the famous just a few hundred years ago.
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Beyond banishment itself, something more human: even in a hard and divided political world, enemies were not always simple enemies. Winthrop opposed Williams, yet also warned him. History is often sharper, stranger, and more layered than our labels.
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Roger Williams was not a brief disturbance in New England history. His ideas endured, his relationships continued, and even those who opposed him had to keep reckoning with him. Some people lose the battle in their own time and still help shape the future.
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If you use the modern definition of separatist that includes intolerance of others, then Roger Williams was not a separatist. Furthermore, he supported all people living, and working together in the same community for the common good. Sometimes people forget the context of the time and conflate his desire to separate from the Church of England run by the government with the separatist movement based on races. I think some with a desire to promote white supremacy do this on purpose.
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Government should act like we all do on a ship. When on a ship out at sea, the captain is in charge and primarily concerned with a safe trip across the ocean. On any given ship will be a mix of religions, races, and worldviews. The captain must be concerned about safety and should allow all to practice whatever traditions they want so long as they don’t hurt others.
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From union leaders standing up to the boss to modern-day NO KINGS protests, the timeless struggle to limit power is about defending individual rights and freedom against the will of any king, boss, or crowd.
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If you use the modern definition of separatist that includes intolerance of others, then Roger Williams was not a separatist. Furthermore, he supported all people living, and working together in the same community for the common good. Sometimes people forget the context of the time and conflate his desire to separate from the Church of England run by the government with the separatist movement based on races. I think some with a desire to promote white supremacy do this on purpose.
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