Martin Luther, the Father of Protestantism, had OCD. So what? Robert Sapolsky, the brilliant professor of biology and neuroscience at Stanford, has made his field accessible and entertaining. But he admits that he sometimes steps beyond his area of expertise–for example, when he prognosticates on Martin Luther, and on the relationship between OCD and [...]
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#50 Is OCD the source of religion?
Posted in God, Philosophy of Religion, Religion, Theology, tagged Desiderius Erasmus, Martin Luther, Protestant Reformation, Protestantism, Robert Sapolsky, source of religion on March 15, 2011 | 5 Comments »
#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 »
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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