View original postThe other serious problem that I have with MacCulloch is his apparent fixation with making sure that he doesn't offend anyone. It's the fucking history of the fucking Reformation, you retarded fucking piece of shit! It is about how people argued and fought, and then started killing each other, over the finer points of Christian doctrine (and with total disregard for the central message of Christianity, I might add). If you aren't willing to wade into the shitstorm and get a little dirty your book is going to end up a useless, sterile exercise in writing and Christ will spit you from his mouth because you are neither hot nor cold (Rev 3:16). Unfortunately, MacCulloch lives in some little politically correct vacuum. He takes pains to explain to the reader that he calls the British Isles the "Atlantic Isles" because apparently he fears some thin-skinned Irishmen are going to take offense and beat the crap out of him. I should have not read any further at that point, knowing that the author was going to try to walk on eggshells about the Reformation.