Nietzsche's Zarathustra - 3 - Nietzsche and "Christianity"

Before finally getting into Thus Spake Zarathustra, I feel the need to shed some light on Friedrich Nietzsche's complex relationship with Christianity.
Some principal claims in this video are, (1) that Nietzsche does not attack the doctrines of Christianity, but rather its sociological effects and the tendencies of its believers; (2) The title of his book "The Antichrist" is a double entendre: the true "antichrists" for Nietzsche are Christians themselves, who have tended to warp Jesus' "glad tidings" into a pretext for resentment against "the world".
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[@mattevans8090]

Thank you for posting these. Although the views do not convey a widespread appreciation- I can say that the few of us consuming this content are very much appreciative. Thank you!

[@johnschultzbarnes3196]

Whenever Catholicism is mentioned I feel like how someone from a small South American country must feel when his country is mentioned “Paraguay mentioned! 🎉” Despite it being the largest Christian denomination. This series is really helping to me appreciate Nietzsche more deeply. There’s a way to read Nietzsche as a prophet of Christian joy, where there doesn’t seem to be that possibility with Marx or Freud, whom he is often lumped in with.

[@dellh86]

This series comes out at a good time for me. I just finished up my personal study of Nietzsche(if it is ever finished). I have read Thus Spoke Zaratustra, Geneology of Morals, Beyond Good & Evil, and Antichrist myself. This series is already bringing him into a new light and helping me to find out what to read in the future. I found your inclusion of St. Augustine qoutes alongside Nietzsche qoutes especially interesting. I have never read St. Augustine myself and if Neitzche has taught me anything it is that I don't understand Christianity quite as well as I thought I did lol. I have a tendency to try and collapse him in with other aethiests, like Dawkins or whoever, but I know this doesn't really work. I can never quite figure out what he is going on about, which draws me back to his work over and over again. Maybe this has something to do with me sharing common ground with him somewhere ideologically. I personally struggle with how to reconcile him with my own Christianity, but it seems doable precisely because he is not some kind of Dawkins type. Sometimes he makes me laugh in a way where I feel like I must understand and agree with something in what he says. Of course this truth in laughter immediatley brings me back to Zarathustra. Anyway, I look forward to the rest of the series

[@johnschultzbarnes3196]

Excited to listen to this one

[@ripsagoly]

Thankyou for this narration

[@saityavuz76]

18:08 You forgot to put the link in the description

[@MichaelPiercePhilosophy]

Sorry bout that. Just put it in. But here it is again for good measure! kzbin.info/www/bejne/goile4yXZqabgas

[@AeonBaudrillard]

Yes? It is trivially true that Catholic paganism (which also includes Orthodoxy and, sadly, a few Protestant denominations, of which Mormonism is a prime example) and Nietzschean venality are one and the same. The "circle of life", the ouroboros, has been cut, indeed, by the Gnostic-Calvinist "line".

[@johonanandrewgomes7593]

Random question, are you Canadian?

[@MichaelPiercePhilosophy]

Nope.

[@johonanandrewgomes7593]

@@MichaelPiercePhilosophy Oh ok, I was asking because of the accent. Which region of the USA are you from?

[@MichaelPiercePhilosophy]

@@johonanandrewgomes7593 East Coast. Do I have a Canadian accent?

[@johonanandrewgomes7593]

@@MichaelPiercePhilosophy I tried replying twice now for some reason the KZbin comment isn't sticking it seems like. I wanted to say that there are some Canadians that sound similar to you, though Canadian accents vary like they do in the USA.