"In reality there has only been one Christian, and he died on the cross."
source "The Antichrist"
2006-07-24 06:01:05 · 10 answers · asked by madhenchman 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To a point, yes.
But there have been millions of Paulists who call themselves Christians.
P.S. The suffix "-ian" does not mean follower; a Christian doesn't necessarily mean a Christ follower. The "-ian" suffix means: "of, relating to, or resembling, such as a Bostonian; or relating to, belonging to, or resembling, such as an academician."
2006-07-24 06:16:53 · answer #1 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The broad concept Nietzsche was trying to achieve with the satirical comment is achieved but the statement is in error. Christian means follower of the Christ. Jesus was the Christ so he could not be a follower of Himself. If you juxtapose emulator with follower I would agree that none live up to the gold standard of Jesus but the definition is follower which does not come with as strict a qualification. Therefore the statement is wrong but did achieve it's intent to make people think and hopefully respond in a Christian manner by self-examination and improving in areas that they falter.
You see God can even use Nietzsche to forward the cause of a Saved world.
2006-07-24 13:15:33 · answer #2 · answered by mike g 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agree there has only been one Christian and he did die on the cross. Everyone else that claims to be a christian is just trying to follow in his footsteps. In the same token with every generation no matter the belief system we get further from the truth.
2006-07-24 13:06:26 · answer #3 · answered by irishfan15202 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming he means Jesus...and assuming Jesus was Christian (in other words, that stuff in the bible about him preaching, claiming to be a prophet and stuff is true)...yes, i agree, no one actually follows Christ, they just use "christian religion" when convenient.
But I dont think that Jesus was a prophet, at best he was a 2-bit magician.
2006-07-24 13:13:07 · answer #4 · answered by Ann Tykreist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually Jesus was a Jew. Sorry to spoil your quote. The term Christian was never heard of at Jesus's time. I believe it was St. Paul who came up with that idea.
2006-07-24 13:05:05 · answer #5 · answered by Agata 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that noone holds the "truth". So I don't trust people who state "truths". I trust people who express their feelings, thoughts, theories, believes instead.
Nietzsche was famous in his time, but this fame doesn't allow him to state any truth, unless he specifies his sources, observations, proofs.
Thx to you, I won't waste my time reading anything from that Nietzsche.
So my answer is: I disagree with this illusion of truth.
2006-07-24 13:13:45 · answer #6 · answered by Axel ∇ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well Jesus himself said that the 12 did not get his teachings. I don't see how, after he died, they suddenly became qualified. Paul is a whole other story completely.
2006-07-24 13:04:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nietzche had a brain disease
2006-07-24 13:05:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would disagree.
2006-07-24 13:06:55 · answer #9 · answered by John 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he was pretty spot on in his philosophy that guy.
2006-07-24 13:30:18 · answer #10 · answered by meta-morph-in-oz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋