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Subject: Re: Luther and Antisemitism
Message-ID: <294@plx.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-Oct-86 17:08:49 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  6 17:08:49 1986
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> In article <1226@bunker.UUCP> rha@bunker.UUCP (Robert H. Averack) writes:
> 
> >In article <755@ihlpf.UUCP> cher@ihlpf.UUCP (Mike Cherepov) writes:
> 
> >>Luther was an incredible antisemite 
> >               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>  
>  
> >Wow!  Are you sure about what you said about Martin Luther?  If so, please
> >follow-up with some evidence.  As a Jew married to a Methodist, I see this
> >assertion as being quite inflammatory.  However, if you can substantiate
> >this, Mike, please do so.
> 
>      Luther wrote a few virulently antisemitic tracts, a fact which the
> Nazis later found convenient to exploit. He went through much the same 
> process as Mohammmad, as I recall -- he first wanted the Jews to join
> his team, and them became incensed when they declined. I didn't look
> any references up, but Mike's assertion is well known.

	OH GREAT!!  NOW *MARTIN LUTHER* IS A NAZI!!!!

		.....I smell a Witch Hunt!


		Ed Chaban
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