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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_and_antisemitism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_and_antisemitism
by stesch 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_and_antisemitism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_and_antisemitism
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- wyclif 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_and_antisemitism#Recent_Lutheran_Church_responses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_and_antisemitism#...
- WhitneyLand 12y agoWould he have looked more favorably upon atheists, pagans, or anyone else he didn't agree with? In fact he did write critically of Islam and obviously had some major issues with Catholicism.
- xenophonf 12y agoUs Lutherans actually repudiate Luther's antisemitism: http://ergofabulous.org/luther/insults-explained.php http://ergofabulous.org/luther/insults-explained.php http://www.lutherans.com/guide/lutherans_and_jews.php http://www.lutherans.com/guide/lutherans_and_jews.php And no, the man wasn't a saint (something he said himself).
- pjscott 12y agoAnd it only took, what, four or five centuries? I would say something snarky here about the amazing moral leadership on display, except that this actually does seem to be slightly faster than average for a major religious sect as old as Lutheranism.
- Gifford 12y agoUltimately all you can do is gently guide the world toward secular humanism, as people raised under the irrational tribalism of any religion struggle to writhe out of the pit they were born in. Calling out the faults of one flavor of religion is silly.