Re: Irony of religion
The problem I have with placing man at the center of the altar is that man is an imperfect phuck up. Modernity, and indeed, modern culture with all its venues of 'atheists' and 'agnostics' and other 'clever' minds who have solved all the riddles of man in the delusional confines of their mind like to believe in the nonsense that man is the measure of all things.
The exaltation and deification of man to saintly status is absurd, and it only comes at the expense of his spiritual qualities. Those who believe man is the measure of all things and not God assume that man is a finished product and doesn't need to be transformed.
One thing I have learned from Nietzsche is that man must be overcome. I love Nietzsche with a passion. But why would I love the philosophy of a man who proclaimed that God is dead? It is because I see no contradiction between his philosophy and that of mine. Excelsior!
Originally posted by bell-the-cat
The exaltation and deification of man to saintly status is absurd, and it only comes at the expense of his spiritual qualities. Those who believe man is the measure of all things and not God assume that man is a finished product and doesn't need to be transformed.
One thing I have learned from Nietzsche is that man must be overcome. I love Nietzsche with a passion. But why would I love the philosophy of a man who proclaimed that God is dead? It is because I see no contradiction between his philosophy and that of mine. Excelsior!
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