 The Talmud also sees here a link to the prohibition of mixtures of milk and meat in Jewish law.Roger Williams, the founder of the American colony of Rhode Island and the co-founder of the First Baptist Church in America, wrote about Naboth's story in "The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience" as an example of how God disfavored Christians from using government force in religious matters, such as the religious decrees by Jezebel and Ahab.Williams believed using force in the name of religion would lead to political persecution contrary to the Bible.