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What are You Celebrating on Halloween?

October 30, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments
Found this on the Resurgence Website… so good…

Luther Puts a Nail in the Heart of Bad Religion—And 3 Other Holidays

Why did Martin Luther nail his famous 95 Theses to the Wittenberg church door on October 31, 1517?

He was confronting two religious observances that promoted false saintliness and exploited people’s fear of judgment and purgatory. There’s a curious connection between Halloween and Reformation Day, and it’s more than just proximity on the calendar.

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