dude seems to just never let himself reason past one level of criticism and found himself even more theologically and politically confused than when he began his understanding of religion seems sub-14yo forum atheist-tierhttps://twitter.com/selentelechia/status/1254626693995589632 …
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pls note I do not intend an attack on modern protestantism or a defense of the medieval church here
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I think what killed me, in Durant's summary of his theology, was Luther's dismissal of Reason and elevation of Faith juxtaposed w/ his embrace of consubstantiation because transubstantiation was JUST TOO CRAZY im all for wild inconsistency but im a shiposter not a theologian
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and of course the downstream splintering of protestantism was entirely predicable but this seems to have never occurred to him and he was Mad when it happened >"Ppl should interpret the scripture as they see fit" >"Ok I interpret it differently than you" >webcomic name panel 3
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once more I have no agenda here im working through Durant's volume on the Reformation and im just struck by how lame luther seems compared to contemporaries I guess one maybe had to be kind of a meathead to see a split with the church through like this. Like,
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Do you see problems with Durant's sources? I started the series a few years ago and he was quoting stuff that was clearly not serious as though it was serious, as well as contradicting himself across chapters.
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hes often """wrong"""""" but frequently in ways that are unimportant or interesting history vs things that happened
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