"At the basis of every religion & morality is:
'Do this & this, refrain from this & this - and you will be happy!'
I call it the great original sin of reason...
Virtue is the CONSEQUENCE of happiness...
A plentiful posterity is NOT the reward of virtue."
-#Nietzsche
not really. religion provides structures which, generally speaking, work, to whatever degree.
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They are effective societal. Nietzsche never disagreed with that. He simply meant to uproot their blatant hypocrisy. He respected Christ as his only worthy opponent. He simply believed that organized religion stifled too many instincts and was just out for its own power.
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as far as the question of instinct goes, thats what the fringe is for, the whole concept of taboo. the taboo should exist, but its not an absolute. one pushes to the edge, only to come back. the average person probably cannot and should not live on the edge
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Hm I'd argue simply that pushing the average person to the edge may help them on the path. Or it may hurt them too much...
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In my opinion, Nietzsche wanted all of humanity to reject religion and embrace its raw instincts.
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