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Originally Posted by talaivan
Wilson writes, "The birth of Protestantism would not have happened without the prior birth of printing, which immediately established a private liberation to the human race." I have nothing against Protestantism, but isn't it just possible that we would have been spared the first and second world war, anti-semitism, colonialism, and Mr. Wilson's oh-so-cute British attempt at writing humorously if Luther hadn't been successful? And what in the world is a "private liberation to the human race?" Are only Protestants human? Do British really say "to" here? Perhaps he meant "libation."
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Liberation is what he meant. Books liberated the masses one person at a time. One result but not the only one was the rise of Protestantism. antisemitism was alive and well during the crusades which pre-dated the printing press.
Dale