Nietzsche

Nietzsche and Christianity

When the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche referred to himself and the Anti-Christ , he was doing more than simply using a metaphor . A slight look at his work reveals that practically his entire philosophical system was oriented against Christianity . Most of his books , but primarily The Twilight of the Idols , The Anti-Christ , The Genealogy of Morals , contain the fiercest attack that any philosopher has ever conducted against Christianity . Nietzsche attacks both Christianity as a religious system , as well as the Christian idea of God

The Christian conception of

God -God as God of the Sick , God as spider God as spirit - is one of the most corrupt conceptions of God arrived at on earth : perhaps it even represents the low-water mark in the descending development of God type (Nietzsche , 2003 ,

. 140

And so he goes . That quote is only a minor example of the insults Nietzsche proffers against Christian values . He does not seem to repair in the fact that Christianity has disciplined the human spirit for thousands of years that civilization , as we know it today , owes a lot to the Judeo-Christian values and believes . But , this is precisely the problem . Nietzsche does not believe that the current status of humanity the values that sustain it , are commendable values . Since he states over and over that man is something that must be turned into something else this is , the overman , he also believes that , as a consequence Christianity has done anything productive for humanity , especially when it comes to encouraging man to exercise his will to power

Nietzsche expresses his preference for Buddhism , which he calls the only really positivistic religion history has to show us (2003

br 141 . However , he fails to explain in what manner would Buddhism attain what Christianity has . There is no doubt that the influence of Christianity could be evidently perceived in every realm of mother society . Political and social institutions , democracy , and in general the concept of egalitarism , in one way or the other , are a consequence of Christian values . It is one thing to be critical of the defective concepts or practice of a given system , be it political or religious but it is a very different thing to try to crush that entire system with a rhetorical hammer , as Nietzsche attempts to do . In his desperate discourse against Christianity , his criticism at times becomes irrational

Nietzsche 's preference for Buddhism could be explained by his personality . He highly valued individualism , which is very emphasized by the practice of Buddhism . Nietzsche considered that both Christianity and Islam are religions of the sheep and that by their very nature deny individualism or prevent the individual from reaching his inner potential . Nietzsche 's logic states that these religions turn man into a little more than an ape , who mostly imitates but is unable to act in obedience to his own will

Let 's remind ourselves that insulting , using degrading epithets against the adversary , does not prove anything , except the fact that...