Being Catholic did not stop France from colonizing large parts of North
America, so I would call Russell's remark idiotic.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
The United States wouldn’t be in existence “if Henry VIII had not fallen in
love with Ann Boleyn” according to Bertrand Rus
The United States wouldn’t be in existence “if Henry VIII had not fallen in
love with Ann Boleyn” according to Bertrand Russell.
Because this love led to his breaking with the Pope — otherwise England would
have remained Catholic and, since the Pope had ruled that the New World
belonged to Sp
