Yes, it is "DRAMATIC"...  Puritan Christian "Sharia".  

Adultery was a capital offense... whippings, brandings, wearing the letter "A," and standing at the gallows with their rope about their neck in a symbolic execution was common punishment.

Slanderers, scolds and liars were liable to have a cleft stick (a stick split at the end, put on their tongues while they stood in a public place.

Branding and maiming were common punishments, especially for Quakers. Quakers were banished from Massachusetts, and the punishment for returning was painful. 

"A Quaker if male for the first offense shall have one of his ears cut off; for the second offense have his other eare cutt off; a woman shalbe severely whipt; for the third offense they, he or she, shall have their tongues bored through with a hot iron."

Failure to attend church 2X a day; 1st time, no food for a day; 2nd time, whipping; 3rd time, six months rowing in the colony's galleys. 

History does repeat itself. 

Peace & Light!