Nietzsche
“God is dead!” proclaims Nietzsche, he also pronounces that the only true Christian died on the cross. Seemingly purposing that only the man, Jesus Christ, who lived in his own footsteps and knew his father to be God could truly embody the perfect Christian. Meaning that once people began interpreting the life of Christ and implementing their own sacred laws, which one must live by in order to be Christian, man began to oppress its own growth. Nietzsche seems to fundamentally disagree with Judeo Christian beliefs that teach hatred and not love for the fallacies innate in all men. He believes that man should embrace his faults and make a mockery of them, until he breaks them down enough to rise above them. Therefore, a religion which is intolerant of these faults does not allow man to grow beyond them by embracing them, but keeps man confined to the boundaries of ones own shame. Man has therefore willingly broken away from Christianity in search of higher consciousness and......
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