Martin Luther's formula for ignorance . . . "There is on earth among all dangers no more dangerous thing than a richly endowed and adroit reason, especially if she enters into spiritual matters which concern the soul and God. For it is more possible to teach an ass to read than to blind such a reason and lead it right; for reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed." "Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees it must put out of sight, and wish to know nothing but the word of God."
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Boy it would be fun to quote mine Luther and shove his crap down protestant throats. The problem is they would fail to see the flaws in his reasoning.
DavidLaDeau
Level 8
Jan 11, 2020
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This is worst than Trump’s Word Salads
ADKSparky
Level 8
Jan 10, 2020
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That is quite an accomplishment!
Open up your mind and then your eyes! U and people like you have done nothing but make it difficult to live and have a meaningful existence. Go crawl back under your rock, U fool! I really feel sorry for U.
libraryman
Level 6
Jan 10, 2020
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Ah, yes. Martin Luther. One of the world's most sadistic persecutors of Jews. Idolized by protestants, everywhere. Sick.....
farmboy2017
Level 7
Jan 10, 2020
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He was a sick bastard
You have to have this attitude if you want people to cast aside reason and accept bullshit. Evidently it's very effective.
Shawno1972
Level 7
Jan 10, 2020
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What can we expect from the man who used to drink his beer and fart at the Devil. He would say "here Devil, I blow you a little kiss." 
DenoPenno
Level 9
Jan 9, 2020
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Whhhhat? Good grief lol
I can't source that quote. I'm not excusing Luther but in fairness to him I'd like to read it in context.
MattHardy
Level 7
Jan 9, 2020
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As I understand it, some of it comes from Martin Luther, Erlangen Edition v. 16, pp. 142-148, but I was not able to find the original text, which would, by the way, be in German.
From Walter Kaufman, who translated some of Nietzsche's works.
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@Archeus_Lore Thanks for the name of the author. I have been trying to remember his name. I used to read his books when I was in college. Good writer.
@Archeus_Lore Thanks Archeus, Deutsch ist kein problem*. I'd found Walter Kaufman but couldn't decipher his footnotes
Martin Luther, Erlangen Edition v. 16, pp. 142-148 is certainly fun “Reason is the Devil’s greatest whore; by nature and manner of being she is a noxious whore; she is a prostitute, the Devil’s appointed whore; whore eaten by scab and leprosy who ought to be trodden under foot and destroyed, she and her wisdom… Throw dung in her face to make her ugly. She is and she ought to be drowned in baptism… She would deserve, the wretch, to be banished to the filthiest place in the house, to the closets.” [quozio.com]
It's one of the references that Kaufman uses but not this one in particular.
Reading it charitably it is arguable that "reason" can be paid for by bad actors. Look out for the news articles in just over a week's time telling us that the third Monday of January is the most depressing day of the year and the ideal time to book holiday. It's bullshit and emerged from an advertising agency not a scientist. [badscience.net]
*German is not a problem
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