Ron Livingston
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Yeah, it's like there's a Scandinavian, German, Northern German... So she had a congregation? She had a congregation. Wow. What is the Lutheran Angle? Lutheran Angle was the... It's basically, I think, the origin of it. First of all, it's the very first piece of the Protestant Revolution, which I kind of... It's Catholicism unplugged. Yeah. Right?
So the idea is, we don't need all this fancy shit. Yeah. Let's just have some wooden pews. Yeah. We don't need... We're going to dispense with all the decorative stuff. Get back to basics. All the ceremony, the pomp. Yeah. And we're going to... And it's ridiculous that the Bible's in Latin. We're going to translate it into all the languages that people actually speak.
So the idea is, we don't need all this fancy shit. Yeah. Let's just have some wooden pews. Yeah. We don't need... We're going to dispense with all the decorative stuff. Get back to basics. All the ceremony, the pomp. Yeah. And we're going to... And it's ridiculous that the Bible's in Latin. We're going to translate it into all the languages that people actually speak.
So the idea is, we don't need all this fancy shit. Yeah. Let's just have some wooden pews. Yeah. We don't need... We're going to dispense with all the decorative stuff. Get back to basics. All the ceremony, the pomp. Yeah. And we're going to... And it's ridiculous that the Bible's in Latin. We're going to translate it into all the languages that people actually speak.
And we're not going to have the priest be the only guy that knows how to read the thing now. Everybody can read it themselves and make their own decisions as to what they think it means.
And we're not going to have the priest be the only guy that knows how to read the thing now. Everybody can read it themselves and make their own decisions as to what they think it means.
And we're not going to have the priest be the only guy that knows how to read the thing now. Everybody can read it themselves and make their own decisions as to what they think it means.
I think you're thinking like Unitarians and Episcopalians.
I think you're thinking like Unitarians and Episcopalians.
I think you're thinking like Unitarians and Episcopalians.
Yeah, it's inclusive and whatever. There was a lot, there was, I think historically there was a big antisemitism piece involved. Oh yeah, with Luther. Yeah. The main guy. So it's, I'm, you know, they didn't, they didn't solve all the problems with it. Yeah. Did you, certainly. Did you grow up believing? I did. Yeah. That's good. I did.
Yeah, it's inclusive and whatever. There was a lot, there was, I think historically there was a big antisemitism piece involved. Oh yeah, with Luther. Yeah. The main guy. So it's, I'm, you know, they didn't, they didn't solve all the problems with it. Yeah. Did you, certainly. Did you grow up believing? I did. Yeah. That's good. I did.
Yeah, it's inclusive and whatever. There was a lot, there was, I think historically there was a big antisemitism piece involved. Oh yeah, with Luther. Yeah. The main guy. So it's, I'm, you know, they didn't, they didn't solve all the problems with it. Yeah. Did you, certainly. Did you grow up believing? I did. Yeah. That's good. I did.
And I still do on a certain... It's just that I think what's evolved is my idea of what believing means. Yeah. Yeah. How so? Like, I think, you know, it used to be you either believe this or you don't. Yeah. This is either true or it's false. Right. And now... Ich denke, auch Menschen mit Glauben sagen dir, sie haben Momente, in denen du mit deiner Glauben kämpfst.
And I still do on a certain... It's just that I think what's evolved is my idea of what believing means. Yeah. Yeah. How so? Like, I think, you know, it used to be you either believe this or you don't. Yeah. This is either true or it's false. Right. And now... Ich denke, auch Menschen mit Glauben sagen dir, sie haben Momente, in denen du mit deiner Glauben kämpfst.
And I still do on a certain... It's just that I think what's evolved is my idea of what believing means. Yeah. Yeah. How so? Like, I think, you know, it used to be you either believe this or you don't. Yeah. This is either true or it's false. Right. And now... Ich denke, auch Menschen mit Glauben sagen dir, sie haben Momente, in denen du mit deiner Glauben kämpfst.
Das heißt, es gibt Tage, in denen du es glaubst, und es gibt Tage, in denen du es nicht glaubst. Und du gehst zurück und wieder auf diese Scheiße. And I kind of take it a step further where it's like they go, you know, like, do you believe in Spider-Man? Yeah, no. You don't believe in Spider-Man, but we can sort of talk about Spider-Man. Like, we know a lot about Spider-Man.
Das heißt, es gibt Tage, in denen du es glaubst, und es gibt Tage, in denen du es nicht glaubst. Und du gehst zurück und wieder auf diese Scheiße. And I kind of take it a step further where it's like they go, you know, like, do you believe in Spider-Man? Yeah, no. You don't believe in Spider-Man, but we can sort of talk about Spider-Man. Like, we know a lot about Spider-Man.
Das heißt, es gibt Tage, in denen du es glaubst, und es gibt Tage, in denen du es nicht glaubst. Und du gehst zurück und wieder auf diese Scheiße. And I kind of take it a step further where it's like they go, you know, like, do you believe in Spider-Man? Yeah, no. You don't believe in Spider-Man, but we can sort of talk about Spider-Man. Like, we know a lot about Spider-Man.
If you talk about Spider-Man enough and... Spider-Man beginnt sich anzunehmen. Und die Leute sagen, er lebt hier. Und die Leute sagen, nein, er lebt nicht. Es gibt einen Kanon auf ihm. Und die Leute werden darüber argumentieren. Ich glaube, es gibt ein bisschen davon. Ich muss nicht wirklich entscheiden, ob es wirklich ist oder nicht.