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Nietzsche (Criticism of the religion (Darwinism (Influenced by Darwin, but…
Nietzsche
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Jesus
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Jesus is a reality of history, and not a divine entity - the two ideas cannot be reconciled
Jesus died for his own sins, and not for the sins of others - no grounds to believe this - echoes Strauss and historical criticism
Strauss, by contrast, wanted to question preconceptions, rather than flatly deny them
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Jesus had no intention of saving mankind, just wanted to set the perfect example for mankind
Paul was responsible for making Jesus into a saviour figure, along with the early church
Jesus would actually have preached against what the church taught, and the Church distorts the idea of Christ
Jesus was the 'most interesting' Christian, but still regarded him as a 'decadent' - linked to Dostoevsky's interpretation of Jesus in The Idiot - Jesus is a complex person whose actions and passions cannot be reduced to a set of church doctrines
Message of St Paul contradicts Jesus' life and what he would've wanted people to believe as his legacy
God is dead
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The Christian concept of God is corrupt, the idea of helping the oppressed is just a way of giving salvation to those who don't deserve it
The idea of sin is used as a power tool by institutions - priests need the idea of sin, in order to be useful to society - so they perpetuate it
Did not try to prove his atheism or show that God didn't exist - claimed it as self-evident, absolute fact
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Gives a naturalistic explanation of humanity's desire to believe in God - our sense of power and powerlessness encourages us to feel a longing for submission and conformity to a divine power
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Ubermensch
Superman/Hyperman: response to the decay of humanity in religion - allegory for the goal of humanity
The Christians represent other-lordliness and the Superman represents this world - rooted in reality
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