Not everyday does one get the pleasure to spend the day with a person some people consider to be the devil. A man so hated by some that he’s depicted as Satan himself. Yet at the same time this man has a following so large it’s considered to be a threat to the Catholic Church in Rome. Who is this controversial man? None other than Martin Luther. The same Luther who had the audacity to nail 95 Theses to the door of our very own Wittenberg Church doors. This was a day with the devil, kind of. To start the day off I met with Mr. Luther very early in the morning at his church. We threw some small talk around. I congratulated Mr. Luther on his recent marriage to his wife, Katharina. She was a former nun, whom Luther helped break away from a Cistercian
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Right when I brought this idea up, Mr. Luther was quick to dismiss any association with it, saying that the violence and bloodshed was not in line with the Bible’s teachings. He did counter saying that the ideals behind the peasants did have some merit to them, but the violence they portrayed was of far greater evil. I responded by imploring what his true motives for choosing the nobility’s side was. I suggested maybe a greater sense of security was with the nobles, as was a greater financial advantage. Mr. Luther was taken back by these comments, screeching, “Finally you cannot help yourself but spew out good, fat, strong lies, and like a mad person speak against yourself.” (insult generator) Not wanting to lose the rest of my time with Mr. Luther, I changed the subject to Luther’s findings on his beliefs. He calmed down and began telling me of how he was confused at how anyone could ever do enough works to get into Heaven. Beginning with search the Bible, he found Paul’s writings talk about, “The just person lives by faith.” (The Tower Experience) To Mr. Luther, this was an eye opener. All the sudden, my day with the devil was over though. Mr. Luther had to run to catch a dinner with the nobles of Wittenberg. I thanked him for his time and he responded with “You are like swine who indiscriminately devour everything.” (insult generator) Martin Luther, a living
Right when I brought this idea up, Mr. Luther was quick to dismiss any association with it, saying that the violence and bloodshed was not in line with the Bible’s teachings. He did counter saying that the ideals behind the peasants did have some merit to them, but the violence they portrayed was of far greater evil. I responded by imploring what his true motives for choosing the nobility’s side was. I suggested maybe a greater sense of security was with the nobles, as was a greater financial advantage. Mr. Luther was taken back by these comments, screeching, “Finally you cannot help yourself but spew out good, fat, strong lies, and like a mad person speak against yourself.” (insult generator) Not wanting to lose the rest of my time with Mr. Luther, I changed the subject to Luther’s findings on his beliefs. He calmed down and began telling me of how he was confused at how anyone could ever do enough works to get into Heaven. Beginning with search the Bible, he found Paul’s writings talk about, “The just person lives by faith.” (The Tower Experience) To Mr. Luther, this was an eye opener. All the sudden, my day with the devil was over though. Mr. Luther had to run to catch a dinner with the nobles of Wittenberg. I thanked him for his time and he responded with “You are like swine who indiscriminately devour everything.” (insult generator) Martin Luther, a living