Posted on 07/17/2011 9:28:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Facts is that Reformation produced polemics that relied greatly on hyperbole. Demagogic exaggeration to excite the crowds. Luther used some really harsh language against the Jews. A sad fact of history. Of course, the Jack Chicks of this world still use harsh language, but not many Lutherans. Ironically, they tend to go the other way and pretend that real difference don’t matter.
If this is how Rep Bachmann views the issue currently, then I have no problem supporting her. To me, the charge of “anti-Christ” is a serious one. If that makes me “oversensitive”, so be it.
What I’d like to know is, when did it become “ok” to be associated with an “anti-Christ”? When did that become no big deal (as apparently it isn’t a big deal for Rep Bachmann, although I think it’d still be reasonable to ask her about it). When did it become no big deal to my fellow Catholics, as apparently it is? That’s what I’d like to know; quite frankly I find it a bit disturbing to not take the charge if anti-Christ seriously anymore, cuz, I guess, it’s one if those old ideas, and we all know old ideas aren’t worth anything. </ sarc>
Anyway, the issue is done with me; if she wishes to speak personally on it I’d consider it a bonus.
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