[grey_whiskers]

Have you researched Luther as well?

I heard once--but have not been able to verify--that he deliberately soiled himself and then wrote (more or less) "I crapped my pants and Satan can lick it up."

IF that is true, ... why haven't I seen it referred to in some of these flamewars? ;-)

Cheers!

[donh]

Have you researched Luther as well?

Martin Luther was possibly the most virulent jew-hater of all time, as attested to by his writings. One of the reasons the Lutherans had for breaking off from Rome was the perception that Rome had grown soft on its doctrinally and biblically-based obligation to press and afflict the Jews into being baptized and drawn into the catholic church--by, for example, kidnapping their children to be baptized and brought up in the RC church. And, incredibly enough, to modern perceptions, that was far from the worst of it.