The gold of humor started to shine on Luther’s golden hammer. Furthermore, just like every carpenter brings his hammer everywhere, Luther brought his golden hammer to everyplace he has been to. When he went to the Roman Catholic Church, he preached, “Out of a desperate ass never comes a cheerful fart” (Gritsch 114). In this way, he humorously announced his own theology core ideas, which are freedom and the joy of salvation. When rages came to his head, he criticized the Roman papacy, “As I am a crude ass, and do not read books, so there is no one in the world who reads them; rather, when I let my braying heehaw, heehaw resound, or even let out a donkey’s fart, then everyone will have to consider it pure truth” (Martin Luther, 1545). Martin Luther used humor in this way to punch the Roman papacy. Luther also employed humor in sociopolitical situations. For instance, he claimed, “The world is like a drunken peasant. If you lift him into the saddle on one side, he will fall off again or the other side. One cannot help him, no matter how one tries. He wants to be the devil” (Gritsch, 117). With a sense of humor, he showed us his world
The gold of humor started to shine on Luther’s golden hammer. Furthermore, just like every carpenter brings his hammer everywhere, Luther brought his golden hammer to everyplace he has been to. When he went to the Roman Catholic Church, he preached, “Out of a desperate ass never comes a cheerful fart” (Gritsch 114). In this way, he humorously announced his own theology core ideas, which are freedom and the joy of salvation. When rages came to his head, he criticized the Roman papacy, “As I am a crude ass, and do not read books, so there is no one in the world who reads them; rather, when I let my braying heehaw, heehaw resound, or even let out a donkey’s fart, then everyone will have to consider it pure truth” (Martin Luther, 1545). Martin Luther used humor in this way to punch the Roman papacy. Luther also employed humor in sociopolitical situations. For instance, he claimed, “The world is like a drunken peasant. If you lift him into the saddle on one side, he will fall off again or the other side. One cannot help him, no matter how one tries. He wants to be the devil” (Gritsch, 117). With a sense of humor, he showed us his world