>>So you were traumatized in a Lutheran school
No, I rather enjoyed the time I spent there.
So much so that I met, married, and supported my wife who was called as an LCMS School teacher for 25+ years. We’re still happily married.
And neither of us ever saw Luther’s TJATL in the curriculum from elementary through university level.
What effect do you suppose it has when children are taught to regurgitate Luther word for word.... and then some internet Neo-nazi (or ISIS anti-Semite) seductively coos Luther’s other writings into their ear?
Seems to both of us that whoever managed the LCMS curriculum was rather willfully negligent.
And don’t even bother asking the overseers why the version of TJATL published by CPH seems to be rather white washed.
It’s not like they couldn’t publish an explanatory position paper on WWW.LCMS.ORG {crickets crickets crickets}
Again, historical accuracy is important, upon that I agree. However, was Luther’s writing upon this matter held as doctrine? Other than historical accuracy, is there a reason to include it in religious instruction? I’d say there’s good reason to avoid it, from a religious instruction standpoint.
There sometimes is ugliness in history and religion is far from immune. Roman Catholics teach a whitewashed, distorted version of their church history, I see it regurgitated practically daily here. The same is true of the Mormons, I see no acknowledgement of some of their uglier episodes, all I see is a rather put-upon attitude that only they have been persecuted.
Various so-called Protestant denominations aren’t necessarily pure as the driven snow historically, either, particularly those who fell into the old State Church habit. Such sanitized history, though, is only human, and humans are fallen and sinful, as you are and as I am, as every single human being who has ever walked the face of this earth save Jesus Christ himself has been.
Again, have you considered forgiving them? It’s clearly eating at you. Carrying that around is not beneficial. Forgive so you will be forgiven. Forgiveness does not connote acceptance of sin, not in the least. But, you’re letting go of the blame, the anger, the poison.
Sounds as if you need to do this.