On 8/2/07, Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I still stand by what I wrote in 1994 -- the essay that led to my > friendship > with David Brin: > > http://www.mccmedia.com/html/antinet.html >
Interesting stuff there, Nick. Just a minor clarification, though. Luther's 95 theses were all about papal indulgences. There is no mention in them of papal infallibility, which was not codified or "defined dogmatically" until 1870, a bit after Luther's time, and no mention of translating the Bible into "the venacular," which came about four years later during his year of exile in Wartburg Castle. Here is a link to an English translation of the theses. http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/web/ninetyfive.html But that certainly doesn't invalidate the analogy. That was a really good essay, and from what I recall of the time, a very forward-looking and forward-thinking essay. -- Mauro Diotallevi "Hey, Harry, you haven't done anything useful for a while -- you be the god of jello now." -- Patricia Wrede, 8/16/2006 on rasfc _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
