To say that Nietzsche dislikes the church would be a total understatement. I have a few issues with his views on religion. He seems obsessed with the idea that religion does nothing but to tell you exactly how to live. What to do and what not do, what to feel guilty about and what not to feel guilty about, and so on and so forth. To some degree this may be true, but I have always thought, and perhaps my own views are more radical than I think, that religion was more of a set of guidelines to follow when people fall of the beaten path. I do not believe that at every passing moment of every passing day, one must constantly be thinking about how they can justify themselves to God. However, in times of great stress or confusion, religion may be turned to to find answers that one may be seeking. It should then be taken upon the individual to learn from religion what it can, or cannot, teach them. If one feels some emptiness in their life, who is to tell them that filling it with religion is wrong? Who is to tell them that it is right? The church has been wrong in the past. Many times over and many times more I'm sure, but it was built by people. Anything built by people is prone to err. As such, can any of these questions truly be answered? I don't know, but it's starting to hurt my head. Therefore, I'm going to bed now.
posted by Rich @ 7:22 PM
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