Showing posts with label Luther. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Luther. Show all posts

Friday, October 17, 2014

How the Protestant Reformation Got Started

The following is from records of people recalling what Martin Luther said around his dinner table:

Luther: "Tomorrow I have to lecture on the drunkenness of Noah [Gen. 9:20-27], so I should drink enough this evening to be able to talk about that wickedness as one who knows by experience."

Dr. Cordatus [his guest]: "By no means; you ought to do the opposite!"

To this Luther responded, "One must make the best of the vices that are peculiar to each land.  The Bohemians gorge themselves, the Wends [Slavic settlers in Saxony] steal, the Germans swill without stopping.  How would you outdo a German, dear Cordatus, except by making him drunk---especially a German who doesn't love music and women?"

Friday, April 11, 2014

Luther Insult Generator

Say what you will about his theology, but Luther could assert aspersions with the best of them.  So if you're looking for a hearty insult to hurl at a heretic, henceforth look no further than here:
http://ergofabulous.org/luther/?

My favorites thus far (which probably should be committed to memory):

#3 I must stop: I can no longer rummage in your blasphemous, hellish devil's filth and stench.

#2 A seven-year-old child, indeed, a silly fool, can figure it out on his fingers - although you, stupid ass, cannot understand anything.

#1 If you are furious, you can do something in your pants and hang it around your necks - that would be a musk apple and pacem for such gentle saints.