tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12001852.post111471168245723605..comments2023-09-30T08:13:42.027-04:00Comments on Measuring Days: Notes on Luther, 5Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14065742546421747652noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12001852.post-1115164283098741012005-05-03T18:51:00.000-05:002005-05-03T18:51:00.000-05:00I am going to take a stab at your take on #7 above...I am going to take a stab at your take on #7 above - "disadvantages of Luther's teachings" - out of sympathy with Erasmus<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that Erasmus is reasonably counseling prudence in the manner and style of argument. Erasmus isn't saying that Luther shouldn't argue in favor of predestination - "such matters might be treated in discourses among the educated" - but he questioned the prudence of making Luther's intuition a matter of a popular enthusiasm. (I think Erasmus had a dim view of enthusiasm generally.)<BR/><BR/>Was Erasmus wrong? Within a very short time of 1517, there was the very "unbelief, wickedness and blasphemy" that Erasmus predicted and which led to 100,000 dead peasants and the aberrational "anabaptist Kingdom of Munster," both of which horrified Luther. Although Luther was big on taking an "ad coelum" position, he wasn't happy when the ceiling fell as Erasmus predicted.<BR/><BR/>So wouldn't it have been better, perhaps, if Luther's gospel was presented in a more prudent fashion?<BR/><BR/>Our culture - the heir to Luther - isn't real comfortable with this approach, but consider how we would feel if science could show that racial differences in IQ existed. Wouldn't we want that kind of knowledge not to be a matter of public enthusiasm - or so posited a law professor who had us write a law review article on the subject.Peter Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10710410499391419230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12001852.post-1114777344509599232005-04-29T07:22:00.000-05:002005-04-29T07:22:00.000-05:00Jared, didnt know you were a blogger Stumbled upon...Jared, didnt know you were a blogger <BR/><BR/>Stumbled upon this via a Cerbus. <BR/><BR/>hope you are keeping wellRobbie Schmidtbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198009060645096467noreply@blogger.com