WC. Water Closet. Privy. Crapper. Must stripped-down theology sink to the level of the toilet? But this is precisely where the ‘father’ of Protestant Christianity, Martin Luther (1483-1546), claimed he had been given his most important of realizations. Luther didn’t stop at the marketplace when talking about the presence of God (and the Devil). If God [...]
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#18 God and the Devil duke it out in the john
Posted in Ethics, God, Philosophy of Religion, Theological Ethics, Theology, tagged Devil, Hosea Ballou, Martin Luther, Toilet theology, William Ellery Channing on April 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
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