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LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

the act of trying to justify or judge the actions of a someone from 5 centuries ago is doomed to failure.

Sorry, but that’s horseshit. Teaching something like this:

If I had to baptize a Jew, I would take him to the bridge of the Elbe, hang a stone round his neck and push him over with the words I baptize thee in the name of Abraham.

is an objectively reprehensible stance regardless of the cultural context. The rejection of morality, conscience, and Christian teaching by an ordained priest is absolutely worthy of judgment, and the fact that he lived 500 years ago doesn’t change that a bit.

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