2007-01-22 09:58:35 · 12 answers · asked by Cayla Z 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He was mentally ill:
"A 16th-century Augustinian monk named Luder for some reason left a very detailed diary. This is a man who grew up with an extremely brutal father, had a very anxious relationship with him, was very psychosomatic-illness-oriented. One day he was out walking in the field. There was a thunderstorm, and he got a panic attack, and vowed, 'If I'm allowed to survive this, I will become a monk and devote the rest of my life to God.' He survives, becomes a monk, and throws himself into this ritualism with a frenzy. This was an order of monks that was silent 20-some hours a day. Nonetheless, he had four hours worth of confessions to make every day: 'I didn't say this prayer as devoutly as I should have. My mind wandered when I was doing this, doing that.' The first time he ran a mass, he had to do it over and over because he got the details wrong. He would drive his Father Superior crazy with his hours and hours of confession every day: 'God is going to be angry at me for doing this, because I said this, and I didn't think this much, and I didn't do this the right way, and I...' until the Father Superior got exasperated with him and came up with a statement that is shockingly modern in its insight. He said, 'The problem isn't that God is angry with you. The problem is that you're angry with God.' The most telling detail about this monk was, he washed and washed and washed. As he put it in his diary: 'The more you wash, the dirtier you get.' Classic OCD. The reason why we know about this man Luder is because we know him by the Anglicized version of his name: Martin Luther." -- Robert Sapolsky, a professor of neurology at Stanford University
2007-01-22 10:07:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
He felt like he could help the church face some very unchristian practices that had arisen in the last few centuries. He had no purpose of leaving the church nor did he have any expectation that those running the organization of the church would turn on him.
The posting of the thesis on the door was a common practice among the priests and monks to have theological discussions
2007-01-22 22:07:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Luther was not intending to start the Reformation the way he did, he was just wanting to discuss the issues that he found fault with the Church, he really didnt want to break with the Church, but he could not go on with the status quo. His spirituality would not let him stand for what was going on.
The emperor asked, "Do you recant, or do you not?"
Luther replied, "My conscience is a prisoner of God's Word. I cannot and will not recant, for to disobey one's conscience is neither just nor safe. God help me. Amen"
2007-01-22 18:17:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He was doing just fine until ....on page 55... his PaperMate pen ran out of ink........
He searched and searched...First Wal-Mart, then K-Mart, then the corner Apothecary.. but all he could find was a cheapie pen with the wrong color ink...
So off he went to write it all again knowing the Vatican would NOT like it if the ink did not match correctly. Verse after verse flowed out onto those pages........ thoughts perfectly in tune and totally at peace with himself he neared completion.
Then it happened....... the 'Vatican special' ten pens for a ducat pen burst and sprayed black ink all over his masterpiece. Ink covered everything and dripped off the walls onto his brand new MP3 player ruining the color LCD screen.
2007-01-22 18:07:23 · answer #4 · answered by wolf560 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He was saying to himself "I wish I would've started reading my Bible sooner, instead of just buying in to the Roman system of Religion." The words that stood out for Luther were "The just shall live by his faith." in Habakuk.
2007-01-22 18:08:42 · answer #5 · answered by bbjones9 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Persecuted...
" Yea, all that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse,deceiving and being deceived." (II Tim. 3:12)
2007-01-22 18:02:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't say how he felt, but I do believe he was inspired by God to correct a lot of wrongs.
2007-01-22 18:03:00 · answer #7 · answered by mikerow992003 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Knowing Luther, pissed off and persecuted. That's how he felt all the time.
2007-01-22 18:01:59 · answer #8 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He felt free from religion and fell more in love with Jesus
2007-01-22 18:06:49 · answer #9 · answered by Terry S 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i would think he felt feel like OMG what if i go to hell for this!
2007-01-22 18:07:37 · answer #10 · answered by El Fauno 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋