"Reason should be destroyed in all Christians."
"Reason is the Devil's greatest harlot; by nature and manner of being she is a noxious harlot; she is a prostitute, the Devil's appointed harlot; harlot eaten by scab and leprosy who ought to be trodden under foot and destroyed, she and her wisdom ... Throw dung in her face to make her ugly. She is and she ought to be drowned in baptism... She would deserve, the wretch, to be banished to the filthiest place in the house, to the closets."
"There is on earth among all dangers no more dangerous thing than a richly endowed and adroit reason...Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed. Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees must be put out of sight and ... know nothing but the word of God."
"Christ wants to slay reason and subdue the arrogance of the Jew"
Is reason really all that bad? Don't we all use reason every day? Isn't reason older than Christianity?
-Living a life without logic or reason would mean crossing a busy freeway trusting and having faith in God to save you.
-Living a life without logic or reason would mean refusing medical treatment of any kind and trusting and having faith in God to save you.
-Living a life without logic or reason would mean throwing out all science and simply trusting God in blind ignorance with no desire to learn or explore the physical world.
-Living a life without logic or reason and instead resting in pure faith would mean that all debates would lead to, "God is right, you're wrong regardless of any evidence, logical proof or rational argument you present."
Slaying reason as Luther describes is something I simply cannot agree with and it is unfortunate that Luther's words and ideology has shaped Christianity.
Are Luther's claims Biblical supported?
"Reason is the Devil's greatest harlot; by nature and manner of being she is a noxious harlot; she is a prostitute, the Devil's appointed harlot; harlot eaten by scab and leprosy who ought to be trodden under foot and destroyed, she and her wisdom ... Throw dung in her face to make her ugly. She is and she ought to be drowned in baptism... She would deserve, the wretch, to be banished to the filthiest place in the house, to the closets."
"There is on earth among all dangers no more dangerous thing than a richly endowed and adroit reason...Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed. Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees must be put out of sight and ... know nothing but the word of God."
"Christ wants to slay reason and subdue the arrogance of the Jew"
Is reason really all that bad? Don't we all use reason every day? Isn't reason older than Christianity?
-Living a life without logic or reason would mean crossing a busy freeway trusting and having faith in God to save you.
-Living a life without logic or reason would mean refusing medical treatment of any kind and trusting and having faith in God to save you.
-Living a life without logic or reason would mean throwing out all science and simply trusting God in blind ignorance with no desire to learn or explore the physical world.
-Living a life without logic or reason and instead resting in pure faith would mean that all debates would lead to, "God is right, you're wrong regardless of any evidence, logical proof or rational argument you present."
Slaying reason as Luther describes is something I simply cannot agree with and it is unfortunate that Luther's words and ideology has shaped Christianity.
Are Luther's claims Biblical supported?