The other reaches back past the founders to the nation 's puritan ancestors , and concludes that at its core america is religious .
另一种追溯到了创始人之前的国家清教徒祖先,且得出结论认为核心上美国是信奉宗教的。
Deep down we all have a puritan belief that unless they suffer a good dose of pain , they will not truly repent .
我们内心深处都有那种清教徒式的信仰,如果不让它们感觉到一些有益的痛苦的话它们是不会真正悔改的。
But the belief that our country is somehow different from other nations is at least as old as the puritan john winthrop 's 1630 sermon to the massachusetts bay colonists .
Mr lacorne notes that although the president 's speeches refer often to religion , he seldom speaks , as reagan and america 's puritan forebears did , of america as a religious utopia .