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"Prithee, dog, dost thou wish to treat with me? No, really, how are you doing today? Good? Alright, that's perfect. It's my job to bring you down to level, to cut you down a notch. Only, I'm not going to do it alone. Please meet Martin Luther.\r\n\r\nIf you don't know Martin, he's a rather important figure in world history, and especially the history of religion. His world-shocking 95 Thesis document, railing against the sale of indulgences, nailed to the door of a German house of worship led to the Lutheran Church (you must have heard of it), and other massive changes in the course of human progress. From Wikipedia:\r\nHis translation of the Bible\u00A0into the\u00A0vernacular\u00A0(instead of\u00A0Latin) made it more accessible, causing a tremendous impact on the church and on German culture. It fostered the development of a standard version of the\u00A0German language, added several principles to the art of translation,[4]\u00A0and influenced the translation into English of the\u00A0King James Bible.[5]\u00A0His\u00A0hymns\u00A0influenced the development of singing in churches.[6]\u00A0His marriage to\u00A0Katharina von Bora\u00A0set a model for the practice of\u00A0clerical marriage, allowing Protestant priests to marry.[7]\r\nNow, sounds pretty good, right? Not a bit of it! Luther wrote extensively, and included more than a few zingers in his work. A website has collected some of the best of Luther's barbs and insults and compiled them into nearly never-ending list of verbal slams.\r\n\r\nSome of our favorites:\r\nAre you not mad, and crazy, and crass Nestorians, not knowing when you say yes and when you say no, stating one thing in the premise and another in the conclusion? Away with you stupid asses and fools!\r\n\r\nEven Lucifer was not guilty of so great a sacrilege in heaven, for he only presumed to be God's equal. God help us!\r\n\r\nYou are the cousins of the Antichrist.\r\n\r\nYou know less than does a log on the ground.\r\nThose are epic. Hit the site for more. Of course, every entry is well sourced, so you can check its context for yourself. Luther's legacy lives on, in more ways than one."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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