“Nietzsche tends to make the choice between theism, especially Christian
theism, and atheism a matter of taste or instinct…Belief is a sign of
weakness, cowardice, decadence, a no-saying attitude to life. True,
Nietzsche attempts a sketch of the origins of the idea of God. And he
cheerfully commits the genetic fallacy, maintaining that when it has
been shown how the idea of God could have originated, any disproof of
God’s existence becomes superfluous. He also occasionally alludes to
theoretical objections against belief in God. But, generally speaking,
the illusory character of this belief is assumed. And the decisive
motive for its rejection is that man (or Nietzsche himself) may take the
place of God as legislator and creator of values. Considered as a
purely theoretical attack, Nietzsche’s condemnation of theism in general
and of Christianity in particular is worth very little.”
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