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Your assertions require some definition of terms. Is Calvinism, for example, "biblical Christianity"? Does it matter if we're talking four-pointers or five-pointers? (Sorry to make them sound like hunting trophies.) Were the Puritans of the Mayflower Compact "biblical Christians". Was Cromwell one? From my familiarity with the term, it is typically used by fundamentalist readers of Scripture to distinguish themselves from those they regard as overly reliant upon tradition, beginning with the RC Church and working across the spectrum to other Protestants who fail the litmus test this phrase (when used in the way I'm describing) implies. Maybe you have a different understanding of what the terms means. But without knowing what that understanding is, I find your statement awfully tough to accept. The "religious freedom" sought by the Mayflower Pilgrims, for example, was most definitely only for themselves, not for those who wished to practice differently within their ranks. Tom K ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Gray" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 6:16 PM Subject: OT: Re: Politics kills mailing lists > Listers: > I add this only to clarify, and not to take sides. Biblical > Christianity, wherever it is found, is always accompanied by freedom of > religion>