The Theme of "The 12 Articles of the German Peasants" is that of what the peasants want from the government. The things that they thought was there God given right. The part that stuck out the most to me was this "Likewise, if more complaints should be discovered which are based upon truth and the Scriptures and relate to offenses against God and our neighbor, we have determined to reserve the right to present these also, and to exercise ourselves in all Christian teaching. For this we shall pray to God, since he can grant our demand, and he alone." This really got me thinking about how they said that this is what they are given in scripture and if it goes against what is written then they are null.
The new ideas that this made me think are how the peasant knew that they were not being treated right and they had the great idea to change it. This made me think about how if something I thought about was wrong then I should do something to change it. Whatever it may be, one way or another I should step up and do something to change it.
You can relate this to many of the different organizations that are all trying to end something or bring awareness to something. Some of the groups are like the ones that are bringing awareness to sex trafficking and invisible children. They know something is wrong and they are doing something to change it or they are at least trying to change it. They are doing what the German Peasants did.
This relates to the text to how there were many different civil revolts among the people. The one thing that is different with what the German Peasants did is that they did not fight with their fist but with their words. The revolts or revelation that happened but they way that those happened where not as smart as how the Peasants did it. The Peasants did it in a way that will become more common in history.
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