Here’s another gem from my collection of badly written history homework assignments by junior high school students.
“In 1517, Martin Luther nailed 95 theocrats to a church door in Germany. That started the Protestant Reformation. After that, Protestants exploded all over Germany. Protestants also exploded in Denmark, Holland, and England. The Pope excommunicated Martin Luther King, but even that didn’t stop the Protestants from exploding, so the Pope gave up and threw in the towel.”
Hmmm. As I said a few months ago, I know a Catholic priest who teaches at the Graduate Theological Union here in Berkeley. I’ll check with him about this the next time I see him. I wonder what he knows about Martin Luther nailing theocrats to a church door and exploding Protestants.