Nietzsche posited the "will to power" and believed that Christianity (because of its teaching of equality) was responsible for the three things he hated most: socialism, democracy and feminism. He lauded the pagan value of domination over the Christian value of compassion. Marx believed that religion was the opium of the people. His followers believed that the end justifies the means. The interpreters (or misinterpreters) of Nietzsche and Marx have caused immeasurable suffering in the twentieth century, certainly more than the interpreters (or misinterpreters) of Jesus have done over a much longer time period. Why did this happen? Was it because if you reject God, you also consciously or unconsciously reject any moral basis for human actions?
2007-04-10
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