RE: Ask ze German
May 18, 2015 at 1:06 pm
(This post was last modified: May 18, 2015 at 1:08 pm by Alex K.)
(May 18, 2015 at 12:54 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: How do folks look at Martin Luther (acknowledging a diversity of opinion) nowadays ??
Mostly uncritically (I'm from a protestant background - not precisely Lutheran, but close enough). He's mostly perceived as the guy who fought against church decadence, composed a lot of hymns, and, last but not least, translated the bible and thus shaped our language in ways few other individuals have. There's a relatively new statue of him in a town square where I grew up, and it always pisses me off that they would still put up such a thing in the 80s. I went through years of religious instruction in school and was confirmed, and only years after that I stumbled across all the stupid stuff he said and was like - wtf, why did no one ever mention this shit?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition