Thank God for the Reformation.

Thank God for the Reformation.

Thank God for the Reformation!!!!

Someone has to say it. It was necessary, and it is one of the most admirable things that human beings have ever done - despite Catholic threats to literally murder them and their families, they took the risk and stood up and won. Why did the Catholic church want to murder them? Why fight one of the bloodiest struggles in history for **_30 years?_** Because the Bible got translated and printed. People could read Jesus' own words themselves. The horror!! And one side wanted to censor them - basically censor God, if censoring people wasn't bad enough - and that church gave its blessing to any ruler who joined the war to murder people who just wanted to read their bibles.

Thank God for the Reformation.

Did the Protestants get everything right? Nope. I have a million disagreements with them. Doesn't matter. People have a right to live without the threat of being killed. And if they are being threatened, they have a right to fight back. People have a right to read scriptures, if they own a copy, in whatever language they want - they have a right not to be censored. And if that right is denied to them, they have a right to build printers and distribute copies.

Some people on here have no appreciation or understanding of the **_titanic_** struggle against tyranny that the Reformation was. You think you're fighting censorship by using nostr - cool, good, but you're not risking your life over it. That has already been done by people far greater than we are, far more courageous, and far more principled.

Thank God for the Reformation.

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