disclaimer : this is not an attempt at starting a thread about or against christianity. This is merely trying to track down a quote that I've seen around and can't recall who and where exactly
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I suspect you mean this by Heinrich Heine; I've seen someone using part of it, and here's Wikipedia's version:
"Christianity - and that is its greatest merit - has somewhat mitigated that brutal German love of war, but it could not destroy it. Should that subduing talisman, the cross, be shattered, the frenzied madness of the ancient warriors, that insane Berserk rage of which Nordic bards have spoken and sung so often, will once more burst into flame. This talisman is fragile, and the day will come when it will collapse miserably. Then the ancient stony gods will rise from the forgotten debris and rub the dust of a thousand years from their eyes, and finally Thor with his giant hammer will jump up and smash the Gothic cathedrals
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Apparently the sites that I saw it on have only seen what they posted or decided to post select parts as I hadn't seen the second paragraph and the first sentence seems a bit different than I recall at least.
Thanks to you and can't remember who it was who found it in one of my other posts. :)
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"Christianity - and that is its greatest merit - has somewhat mitigated that brutal German love of war, but it could not destroy it. Should that subduing talisman, the cross, be shattered, the frenzied madness of the ancient warriors, that insane Berserk rage of which Nordic bards have spoken and sung so often, will once more burst into flame. This talisman is fragile, and the day will come when it will collapse miserably. Then the ancient stony gods will rise from the forgotten debris and rub the dust of a thousand years from their eyes, and finally Thor with his giant hammer will jump up and smash the Gothic cathedrals ( ... )
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Apparently the sites that I saw it on have only seen what they posted or decided to post select parts as I hadn't seen the second paragraph and the first sentence seems a bit different than I recall at least.
Thanks to you and can't remember who it was who found it in one of my other posts. :)
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