Nietzsche's View Of Religion

After reviewing the website provided in the course material, from Existential Primer in week five, I feel as though I have a better grasp of who Nietzsche really was. For one, Nietzsche was anti-christian and seemed to believe that God is fictional and rejected the idea of having faith. He was brilliant when he questioned religion, stating “many people used religion, especially Judeo-Christian teachings, as a crutch for avoiding decisive actions” (Existential Primer). Nietzsche also questioned the gap between the rich and the poor, stating “that the two cultures were actually components of one greater society/culture, but the moral systems were markedly different” (Existential Primer). Nietzsche was a brilliant man, and despite his mental breakdown
in 1889 he was still able to get his message out to the world thanks to his sister. Nietzsche had many emotional collapses,