Frederik, List: FS: Luther was anti-reason, anti-liberty, anti-tolerance, anti-science and founded theocracies in the emerging Lutheran states.
Like most caricatures, there are elements of truth in this, along with a considerable amount of overstatement. FS: His theology, narrowly conceived, may possess valuable stuff if kept apart from his politics, I do not know. I obviously think that it does. In any case, my religious tradition does not call itself "Lutheran" because of the man's politics. Regards, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Frederik Stjernfelt <[email protected]> wrote: > As to Luther, I only judge him for his political beliefs, actions, and > effects, which are deplorable. > > > > His theology, narrowly conceived, may possess valuable stuff if kept apart > from his politics, I do not know. > > > > Best > > F > > > > *From: *"Stephen C. Rose" <[email protected]> > *Date: *Friday 30 December 2016 at 18:48 > *To: *Frederik Stjernfelt <[email protected]> > *Cc: *John Sowa <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: Aw: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Theism and Peircean Cosmology > > > > Luther also favored the princes over the peasants. And I have why > Wittgenstein (who I see as Peirce in different clothing) would not have > merited a Nobel over Russell. I have not weighed in on this theological > conversation as I am in the midst of a consideration which harks back to > Tillich's famous god beyond god remark. I am seeing a Word that is rather > independent of the force that is the moving and still evolving cosmos which > is what it is. In effect we play a part perhaps in inventing God due to our > dialogic nature. Well this is not clear but it is why I have not weighed > in. > > > Books http://buff.ly/15GfdqU > > > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Frederik Stjernfelt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear Peircers - > > Luther is an interesting case. He is much too well-regarded. > > I just wrote a pamphlet (in Danish) in order to raise a countervoice to > the emerging celebrations of the "Luther Year" of 2017. Luther was > anti-reason, anti-liberty, anti-tolerance, anti-science and founded > theocracies in the emerging Lutheran states. > > Happy new year! > Frederik > >
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