Was Martin Luthers teachings a motivating force for the HOLOCAUST ?

Question

Jesus did not call them Abraham's children, but a "brood of vipers" [Matt. 3:7]. Oh, that was too insulting for the noble blood and race of Israel, and they declared, "He has a demon' [Matt 11:18]. Our Lord also calls them a "brood of vipers"; furthermore in John 8 [:39,44] he states: "If you were Abraham's children ye would do what Abraham did.... You are of your father the devil. It was intolerable to them to hear that they were not Abraham's but the devil's children, nor can they bear to hear this today.

-Martin Luther (On the Jews and Their Lies)


Learn from this, dear Christian, what you are doing if you permit the blind Jews to mislead you. Then the saying will truly apply, "When a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into the pit" [cf. Luke 6:39]. You cannot learn anything from them except how to misunderstand the divine commandments...

-Martin Luther (On the Jews and Their Lies)


Therefore be on your guard against the Jews, knowing that wherever they have their synagogues, nothing is found but a den of devils in which sheer self-glory, conceit, lies, blasphemy, and defaming of God and men are practiced most maliciously and veheming his eyes on them.

-Martin Luther (On the Jews and Their Lies)


Moreover, they are nothing but thieves and robbers who daily eat no morsel and wear no thread of clothing which they have not stolen and pilfered from us by means of their accursed usury. Thus they live from day to day, together with wife and child, by theft and robbery, as arch-thieves and robbers, in the most impenitent security.

-Martin Luther (On the Jews and Their Lies)


However, they have not acquired a perfect mastery of the art of lying; they lie so clumsily and ineptly that anyone who is just a little observant can easily detect it.

But for us Christians they stand as a terrifying example of God's wrath.

-Martin Luther (On the Jews and Their Lies)


...but then eject them forever from this country. For, as we have heard, God's anger with them is so intense that gentle mercy will only tend to make them worse and worse, while sharp mercy will reform them but little. Therefore, in any case, away with them!

-Martin Luther (On the Jews and Their Lies)


However, we must avoid confirming them in their wanton lying, slandering, cursing, and defaming. Nor dare we make ourselves partners in their devilish ranting and raving by shielding and protecting them, by giving them food, drink, and shelter, or by other neighborly acts...

-Martin Luther (On the Jews and Their Lies)



If we wish to wash our hands of the Jews' blasphemy and not share in their guilt, we have to part company with them. They must be driven from our country.

-Martin Luther (On the Jews and Their Lies)


They [rulers] must act like a good physician who, when gangrene has set in proceeds without mercy to cut, saw, and burn flesh, veins, bone, and marrow. Such a procedure must also be followed in this instance. Burn down their synagogues, forbid all that I enumerated earlier, force them to work, and deal harshly with them, as Moses did...

If this does not help we must drive them out like mad dogs.

-Martin Luther (On the Jews and Their Lies)


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HOW THE HECK CAN A PERSON SAY THESE WERE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT ?????

Answer 1

Hitler liked Luther.

Answer 2

The first European country to deport all the Jews from their borders was England under King Edward I. This all was done for financial reasons to win the favor of the people:
1. By throwing out their creditors (Jewish lenders who had no problem with usury with non Jews) and absolving the people's debt. It is also suspected that the King probably owed creditors money and benefited from the expulsion.
2. Throwing out prominent merchants and disrupting an influence the Jews had on trade.

This all happened a good 200 years before Martin Luther! It wasn’t because a Pope told him to do so, it wasn’t because Martin Luther wrote a book about it, it was because early Europe and Europe of the Middle Ages was anti Semitic and suspicious of the Jews. I guess the Roman Emperors like Vespasian and Titus brought back their anti Semitism to Rome, Europe and transplanted it. Again, it wasn’t the Pope (Rome at this point was staunchly anti Christian) and it wasn’t Martin Luther’s writing that prompted the Roman Emperors to destroy Jerusalem, and exile the Jews.

I would content that the majority of Anti Semitism in Europe was perpetrated more out of Political, Social and Cultural reason than religious. But hey, Europe has never had a problem with separating these factors with religion.

You (Arians) all need to think before you spam Yahoo! Answers and try to Character Assasinate Martin Luther and the Early Church Fathers.

Answer 3

Luther - great saint of peace - LOL - now that's humorous. What replaced into in Hitler's coronary heart - I have no theory. He replaced right into a ill, twisted, merciless guy, who particularly did not act on the "love thy neighbor" factor of Christianity. Now, i'm not a Catholic basher, besides the undeniable fact that, Hitler replaced into raised a Catholic, not a Lutheran - what proportion Lutherans are there in Austria? He replaced into RAISED Catholic, yet that would not advise he a) practiced it or b) believed it. Catholics have a below friendly view of Martin Luther, consequently, i won't have the ability to confirm something Luther wrote being glorified in Hitler's living house as a new child. Now, did Luther motivate the Holocaust - NO. because of the fact Luther lived in the sixteenth century - a time while all of us replaced into anti-Semitic, aside from the Jews themselves. It replaced into rampant. Ferdinand and Isabella, the all great leaders of Spain persecuted Jews besides. i'm not excusing Luther's words - however the actuality is many people on the time felt an analogous way he did. He replaced into not on my own. It replaced into the norm. purely like a hundred years in the past, it replaced into the norm that black people weren't as in a position as white people - even Abe Lincoln believed that. whether Luther hadn't written his tracts, Hitler might have stumbled on lots extra help for his twisted recommendations. Luther replaced right into a fabricated from his time - he's not considered as suited - not often. He replaced into indignant guy at cases, vendors to suits of rage and melancholy. it extremely is a sturdy factor we don't worship him. it is likewise a sturdy factor that Lutherans are not anti-Semitic neither is it taught in the Lutheran church. Peace!

Answer 4

Martin Luther did not cause the Holocaust. He was trying to reform the Catholic Church, except for the Anti-Semitism, which he never gave up. One might say in Germany he did the ground work. Others picked up where he left off and tried to finish the job

Think about this:

Why do you think in the Superman comics they call the worst of the bad guys "LEX LUTHOR?" He was originally called Alexei Luthor, a combination of a Russian first name and a German surname, fitting into the time of World War II when both the Germans and to a lesser extent the USSR were considered evil.

Later Alexei was shorted to "LEX." "LEX" in its Indo-European roots means "LAW" The LAW of LUTHOR...

Answer 5

OK. Jesus wasn't talking about ALL of the Jews, Just the "spiritual" leaders of that time. remember, the disciples were Jews also, and Jesus Ministered almost exclusively to the Jews. Hitler and them were Far from being Christian. I dont think any of the german leaders ever read any of Martin Luther Stuff to take it out of context like some just LOOOVVE to do.

Answer 6

Martin Luther just jumped on a bandwagon that had been rolling for a long time.

Answer 7

Which Holocaust are you referring to? World War 2 or the Death Toll from religion/sectarian violence?

Answer 8

Yes: http://www.nobeliefs.com/luther.htm

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