They seem very wary of any outsiders including Native Americans because it almost feels as if they are threatened by their actual presence. Any outside interaction is almost a viable threat to their society and views.

I feel this idea comes with Tyranny a lot as well, just the idea that these ideas are superior, you must follow them and that no other outside knowledge will be allowed.. kind of like North Korea. Puritans had it set up this way due to their strict social hierarchy.

From the beginning of time there has been this idea that we could all live equally, in one form or another this idea we have been fighting for not only decades but centuries. This idea if executed thoroughly would help an incredible amount of people in our world today. In this present tense, it would also allow for seclusion of the community. This way outside sources would not be able to come in and infiltrate their teachings and ways of living.

It would also allow for that community to grow and prosper without needing to trade or barter with outside sources.

Here he is referring to the colony as the body of Christ, they are all one being living unified in one community. Not only was this a metaphor but this specific passage really stood out to me because of the way it is compared with the colonies strength and infirmity.

There is this huge idea that they are all one body. No man is higher than another, if your brother suffers you are suffering as well. Which is such an interesting thing to think about when you compare it to the way we live in our society now. Pretty much everyone is out for themselves these days, heck I mean even my ex boyfriend had the mentality that you don't talk to your neighbors. You don't ask them for a cup of sugar or even acknowledge them, that is how antisocial and closed off a lot of our community is. Thirty years ago neighbors were close knit communities and if we go even further back to Puritan times, they solely relied on each other to further growth.

The Puritan idea sort of reminds me a bit of communism, just in the way that no one makes more than someone else and they are very self-sustaining.