Re:Luther's World: Understanding the man who was the powerho...
by mikk14 on Monday May 08, 2017 @01:05PM
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Well, was China's state religion in 1000AD as corrupt and perverse as the Church in 1500? Was China's culture similar to European one when it comes to reacting to said pervasive societal injustice? If you cannot convincingly reply "yes" to this questions, your objection is invalid.
And you cannot. Why would the people uprise, printing press or not? Hell, Confucius was practically the inventor of meritocracy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism#Meritocracy). See also the Chinese chapters in the "Penguin history of the world" by Roberts.
On the other hand, there isn't a single "heretic" that made a sliver of difference before the printing press, while after you have countless ones, Luther being merely the first.
And you cannot. Why would the people uprise, printing press or not? Hell, Confucius was practically the inventor of meritocracy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism#Meritocracy). See also the Chinese chapters in the "Penguin history of the world" by Roberts.
On the other hand, there isn't a single "heretic" that made a sliver of difference before the printing press, while after you have countless ones, Luther being merely the first.