5. they were both criticizing worldly religious institutions, which doesn't sit well with BSers
Madison said it in so many words - "ecclesiastical establishments". The criticism is very Protestant (recall that the Reformation was less than 300 years old at that point) and very Enlightenment, in the sense of valuing the newly discovered inherent rights of the individual and being inclined to celebrate them, vs. group adherence and all that sort of old defective shit. Of course 21st century Americans who depend for their income on slavish enthusiasm of followers for the manifestations in the world of men of various religious figures and institutions would be perturbed at this freethinking orientation.
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