Huh, I wonder how FW turned out so much like how he did. I suppose nature has to be blamed for some of it, but do we blame Danckelmann for the rest? (It sounds like Göse does..)
Instead of teaching (FW) something good, they both took every effort to encourage his bad moods, and then in order to wash their hands in innocence claimed my son was so viciously disposed that one couldn't possibly achieve anything with him. He's been so neglected in his education that until eight weeks ago he couldn't read or write!
I mean, this does sound pretty damning.
"Indeed not! Only Lutherans go to heaven. I would refer to you as the dear departed."
So I feel like my reaction to this maybe a bit nonstandard -- I thought it was hilarious. ...Probably because I spent a couple of my high school years being told I was going to hell (not... super seriously, but several of my friends went to a Baptist church that taught that you would go to hell unless you were a Baptist AND baptized in exactly the way that this church did it; our other Baptist friends were also going to hell. Mormons were Right Out, of course. We joked that hell was going to be WAY more fun!)
(That is to say, if someone told me that they would refer to me as the dear departed and not the blessed today, in 2021, I would be rather amused -- but I can see that it was a much bigger deal back then.)
Re: Once Upon A Time in Brandenburg: The Lonely King
Instead of teaching (FW) something good, they both took every effort to encourage his bad moods, and then in order to wash their hands in innocence claimed my son was so viciously disposed that one couldn't possibly achieve anything with him. He's been so neglected in his education that until eight weeks ago he couldn't read or write!
I mean, this does sound pretty damning.
"Indeed not! Only Lutherans go to heaven. I would refer to you as the dear departed."
So I feel like my reaction to this maybe a bit nonstandard -- I thought it was hilarious. ...Probably because I spent a couple of my high school years being told I was going to hell (not... super seriously, but several of my friends went to a Baptist church that taught that you would go to hell unless you were a Baptist AND baptized in exactly the way that this church did it; our other Baptist friends were also going to hell. Mormons were Right Out, of course. We joked that hell was going to be WAY more fun!)
(That is to say, if someone told me that they would refer to me as the dear departed and not the blessed today, in 2021, I would be rather amused -- but I can see that it was a much bigger deal back then.)