Favorite Quotes?

[JBeukema]

A few gems from Martin Luther...

Idiots, the lame, the blind, the dumb, are men in whom the devils have established themselves: and all the physicians who heal these infirmities, as though they proceeded from natural causes, are ignorant blockheads....


"Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but -- more frequently than not -- struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God."

"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."

"Our bodies are always exposed to Satan. The maladies I suffer are not natural, but Devil's spells."

"This fool [Copernicus] wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy; but sacred scripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth."

"So tenaciously should we cling to the world revealed by the Gospel, that were I to see all the Angels of Heaven coming down to me to tell me something different, not only would I not be tempted to doubt a single syllable, but I would shut my eyes and stop my ears, for they would not deserve to be either seen or heard.
HAVE FAITH IN GOD- IGNORE GOD

"What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the Christian church...a lie out of necessity, a useful lie, a helpful lie, such lies would not be against God, he would accept them." in a letter in Max Lenz, ed., Briefwechsel Landgraf Phillips des Grossmuthigen von Hessen mit Bucer, vol. 1.

"The word and works of God is quite clear, that women were made either to be wives or prostitutes." Works 12.94

 

[Mafiaaffe]

there is already a similar thread
http://forums.leagueofreason.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=408

 

[Kattarina98]

Here are two more quotes from Martin Luther:

On the occasion of the serfs' revolt against oppression by the nobility and the church he wrote:

"... wider die mà¶rderischen und räuberischen Rotten der Bauern [...] man soll sie zerschmeißen, wà¼rgen, stechen, heimlich und à¶ffentlich, wer da kann, wie man einen tollen Hund erschlagen muss"

Translation: "Against the murdering and robbing mobs of farmers ... you must smash, throttle, knife them secretly and publicly, everyone who can, like a rabid dog ..."

He advised authorities to prosecute Jews:
" ... so muss ich mich daran legen, die Juden zu vertreiben"

Translation: "... my intention must be to expel Jews ...

 

[ahdkaw]

"First you die, then you are eaten by worms. Be thankful it happens in that order."
David Gerrold - The War Against The Chtorr (quote may be slighty incorrect, but it get's to the jist of it).

"I absolve myself of all religion and take no private stake in any country or state."
Mr Lif - Fulcrum

 

[Nyienth]

"There's this thing called being so open-minded your brains drop out." -- Richard Dawkins

 

[rulezdaworld0]

One of mine would have to be by a YouTube christian. He said "God will destroy the devil when the end times come" (no idea if that is the general christian belief). However moments before he had said that good cannot exist without evil. Since satan is evil, and was created, there must have been a time when god was not good, and that time will come again. Thus, the perfect god is not eternal.

Long story short, when I pointed this out I got blocked. No reply from him.

 

[Sando]

Here are two more quotes from Martin Luther:

On the occasion of the serfs' revolt against oppression by the nobility and the church he wrote:

"... wider die mà¶rderischen und räuberischen Rotten der Bauern [...] man soll sie zerschmeißen, wà¼rgen, stechen, heimlich und à¶ffentlich, wer da kann, wie man einen tollen Hund erschlagen muss"

Translation: "Against the murdering and robbing mobs of farmers ... you must smash, throttle, knife them secretly and publicly, everyone who can, like a rabid dog ..."

He advised authorities to prosecute Jews:
" ... so muss ich mich daran legen, die Juden zu vertreiben"

Translation: "... my intention must be to expel Jews ...

Martin Luther was a real bastard for promoting the mass murder of poor farmers. If people would really know anything about him they wouldn't say that protestantism is so much better than catholicism.