Those guys nailed up Christ after all. And I saw a bit about how Christians didn't attack the empire directly, they just won the hearts of the people. It would make sense if we're in a rematch.
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If Christianity were able to stop this it wouldn’t have gotten this far. Same goes for the constitution.
“But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.”
Lysander Spooner
I’m not saying that it shouldn’t exist, but I do think you need to shift your frame. Either Christianity allowed it or was powerless to prevent it.
Hardly.
Misinterpreting a value system does not make the misinterpretation the guaranteed end result of the value system.
You have to misinterpret dozens of simple words and dozens of Bible verses to end up where we are now.
That has nothing to do with some inherent and inevitable outcome as a result of Christianity itself.
Nietzsche was a fool.
-Pope Francis
The Pope is not perfect, and I am not Catholic (yet), but it's not so easy as I continuously seem to discover to discredit him.
With that said. None of the problems Nietzsche (somewhat) correctly identified are problems with Christianity. They are problems with Man, and problems that are absolutely not guaranteed end results of Christianity. Being a strong pagan would not change this. It would only expedite the decay of society, as it always has. Paganism leads to death and destruction every time it's accepted for the same reason Satan worship does: Christ is Lord.
As for pagans, they fucking love trannies, it seems. I'm sure they're not as opposed to communism as the Bible is either. Demons in the Bible are identified as "they", as well. Though it hardly matters. You're right about power and might being revered preventing all this shit. But then again, that has nothing to do with Paganism or Christianity, but is completely separate of either.
And in what world is the Church, which conducted several holy crusades to defend themselves from Muslims, the bringer of the "love" and "tolerance" crap you mention? The "love" and "tolerance" crap infiltrated the Church, at worst. It was not somehow born out of a religion that doesn't preach it in the way the people weaponizing it claim it does.
The Bible preaches love and tolerance, not "love" and "tolerance". I'd wager a guess that Nietzsche also didn't know the difference.
So no, the problem is not the guaranteed end result of Christianity. The problem is that Christians have cucked and been deceived, as all on this Earth have. But if this shit is the guaranteed end result of Christianity, then it is the guaranteed end result of every religion. Any other religion is just as open to corruption and twisting by the people who desire to do so.
The solution is strong, Christian men standing up for truth. That is what we had for 1700 years, and it is likely what delayed the decay as long as it did.
Also, honor, strength, and heroism? Displaced by the Church? Give me a break. Those 3 words describe all of Church history, save 300 years. The only thing that was displaced was the Church by dishonor, weakness, and villainy, not the other way around.
Medieval knights. Holy crusaders. Sure, it wasn't as perfect and good as the stories make it sound, but for nearly 2 thousand years we had relative moral justice, as a direct result of what was a nearly completely Christian society, dominated by the Church. Interestingly, the Protestant reformation coincides with the decay (note, I am a Protestant saying this). But "muh Church".
My conclusion remains: Nietzsche was a fool. Certainly leagues better than the modern day leftist, but, nonetheless, fell victim to an inability to assign problems to correct causes, all the same.