Nietzsche's Beliefs That People Should Not Be A Christian

Nietzsche also believed that people should not be a Christian. He believed that in being Christian, we were negating ourselves of the real elements needed as humans to attain fulfillment, such as sex, intellect, and creativity. He likened Christians to timid slaves who lacked the strength to get hold of what they sought after and instead adhered to the ideals that made a virtue of their spinelessness. Nietzsche believed that faith was the will to avoid knowing what is true. He believed that the “Christian church has left nothing untouched by its depravity; it has turned every value into worthlessness, and every truth into a lie, and every integrity into baseness of soul” (Nietzsche & Mencken, The Antichrist, 2010). He once stated that a casual walk through the insane asylum confirms that faith does not attest anything. In a way, it makes sense. Some of the rituals and beliefs of Christianity can seem as if they limit the capabilities of man, in a way that they see weakness as goodness, the
He believed that drinking alcohol numbs our emotions, in a sense that we do not feel pain. He made a statement towards those who indulge in alcohol, stating “how little you know of the happiness of man, you comfortable and good-natured ones! For happiness and misfortune are brother and sister, and twins, who grow tall together, or, as with you, remain small together” (Nietzsche & Kaufman, The Gay Science, 1974). He believed that pain and misfortune are necessary for us as human beings to move forward in life. As he once wrote that “the higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune” (Nietzsche, Kaufman, & Hollingdale, The Will To Power, 1968). If we really wanted to make better for ourselves, we should not hide behind our vices and instead we should encourage ourselves to face the difficulties that await us so that we may be able to rise above