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Luther is fundamental to the doctrines of Protestantism. If his antisemitic hatred of the Jewish people is not defended, his salvation becomes "everlasting punishment" which is very hard for the defense to overcome. Thus the defense argues to make the very words of the Messiah of none effect.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Matthew, Catholic chapter twenty five, Protestant verses thirty one to forty six,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James

Are you STILL on about that?

You can't argue from Scripture, so you continue to play the Godwin card, even after we showed you clearly that Catholics of the time were far, far WORSE than Dr. Luther could even dream of being?

Luther is fundamental to the doctrines of Protestantism. If his antisemitic hatred of the Jewish people is not defended, his salvation becomes "everlasting punishment" which is very hard for the defense to overcome. Thus the defense argues to make the very words of the Messiah of none effect.

No one defends ANYONE'S anti-Semitism - not Luther's, not Hitler's, not the Arian Brotherhood and not the Roman Catholic church's (lest you forget that history which is unescapable). Additionally, there were many others fundamental to the Reformation beside Luther - both before and after him. And, lest we forget, the Reformers were about restoring the Christian church back to the tenets that had been held always, everywhere and by all from the deplorable condition it was in during that time - conditions even Catholic theologians such as Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged.

To make the very words of the Messiah to none effect, one must both ignore the context AND the whole of His words in Scripture as revealed through the Holy Spirit. Kind of like those who constantly forget that the sheep and goats parable ISN'T preaching a works-based salvation.