Just thought this article was worth sharing. Let me know your thoughts.
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Martin Luther has Wittenberg in a stir 500 years on
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| BERLIN (Reuters) – About 800 colorful statuettes of 16th-century Protestant reformer Martin Luther are popping up in the eastern German town of Wittenberg, where Luther first railed against some practices of the Roman Catholic church almost 500 years ago. |
| The one-meter high plastic figurines in red, green, blue and black are the creation of the artist Ottmar Hoerl and are intended to replace a statue of Martin Luther on the town square while it is being renovated. |
| The art installation has stirred the ire of some Protestant theologians who say the statuettes, which can be seen on Hoerl’s website www.ottmarhoerl.de, make a mockery of Luther’s achievements. |
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I wonder if I can get a few dozen of those for Ellinwood…