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Why Conservatives Should Hate the Reformation

MYTH BUSTING

Sure, Martin Luther’s actions and arguments gave us Evangelicals, Baptists, Pentecostals, and more. But it also led to a free for all that eventually undermined organized religion.

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The Halloween candy is mostly eaten, but the celebrations of Reformation Day (which also falls on October 31st) are still in full swing. The Reformation is a watershed event in religious and political history, but was it a good thing? 

To be sure, Martin Luther’s actions and arguments gave us Evangelicals,...

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