Statements made by a Well Known Christian

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It'd be ironic if it was Jesus

Yeah, Luther was an anti-Semite later in life. He did make nice statements in the beginning. I think this attributes to the fact that old people develop dementia and other such disorders. Luckily Lutheranism did not adopt the doctrine of abrogation as did Islam.

As in assuming the later statements abrogated the earlier ones where there was contradiction, as with Medinan over Meccan verses in the Qur'an? I do not think that Luther's teachings were ever QUITE put on the same footing as the Scriptures, though. Still you are right, it is fortunate the later statements are not considered binding upon all Protestants, or even just all Lutherans (not completely synonymous, as former also includes Calvinists, Zwinglians (Reformed) Baptists, etc.) Interesting theory about the link with dementia.

less religion, more relationship with whatever god you worship please/

I don't see how this person's statements have to do with anything about true Christianity.

I am a Christian and disagree. I'm not quite sure the point he is making. It is mostly 'I feel' statements and not 'I believe', thus it is mostly vague and the few absolutes he does state are iffy at that and not much can be implied from it. The author, if he could be described as such, needs to learn how to iterate his thoughts more effectively, and structure these such that someone with little information about the person could make such a judgment. A good example of this would be in a "Declaration of Faith" as issued by particular Christian denominations.