The Evangelicals to the extent they existed in the middle ages were routinely burned at the stake as heretics. While some Protestants (e.g. the Episcopalians) started as “break aways” from the Catholic Church, ones such as the Baptists, Mormons, and most of the ones we find to be a bit “funny” started as independent groups. It’s not surprising that while we sometimes have problems with the Protestant establishment (not to mention the frei Jews), we rarely have any problems with the “holy rollers” types. America is “exceptional” in that the religious movements that developed are not only not especially anti-Jewish, but also have developed totally independent of, and sometimes with opposition from, the government.
