"Christianity came into existence in order to lighten the heart; but now it has first to burden the heart so as afterwards to be able to lighten it. Consequently it shall perish." This is a very powerful statement made by Nietzsche, however it holds to be quite true in may aspects. The only way to accept a savior is to first be in need of one, your heart must require something like a savior, hence it must be burdened. This yet is an odd concept, how must you accept something so harshly. Well as Nietzsche so eloquently portrays in his essays, the individual must be vulnerable, being at a pint in their life where they have nothing to turn to at all, except Christianity.

This as Nietzsche concludes will be the downfall of Christianity in the end. Something that i

Ultimately a question must be proposed, a question which shakes the very foundation of our society, Is this belief structure in which we live, in which we breath true to its myth, or only as true as those who created for their own means of controlling a spiraling species from its own self-demise? In either case it can obviously be seen the religion, i.e. Christianity, is the ultimate control structure for use with the populous, one can only hope that the intent is honorable.

If a persons or persons were hoping to attain an ultimate control mechanism, a mechanism in which an entire populous could be controlled by means of faith. Faith is an ultimate means to understand and control a persons is to tap into what they hold as all powerful. Powerful in the sense of being able, or so believing this ability exists, after all this is what is important, belief, the ability to change everything, to change ones life or even the world.

Quite interestingly, Nietzsche believes that Christianity is nothing more than a way to alleviate the pain of depression that all individuals feel on a daily basis. Along these lines he assumes that with such a powerful belief in ones life that this gives a person or and individual a reason for to go on in life, to keep going instead of attempting to live with this 'new' found pain.

Another interesting perspective upon this argument is the fact that ultimately Christianity is doomed. Whys is Christianity doomed? Well this is quite simple according to Nietzsche, for how can something based upon recruiting the weak in order to build a belief structure possibly hold up against all odds in the long run. Simply put, when one asks a weak minded individual to put forth his/her faith, if this faith is ever tested most probably it will falter ultimately causing the demise of Christianity. Instead of attempting to accomplish the better of the two, recruiting the strong minded in order to build a strong faith that when tested will hold long and fast, the weak are ultimately going to shame the faith.

"In former times, one sought to prove that there is no God - today one indicates how the belief that there is a God arose and how this belief acquired its weight and importance: a counter-proof that there is no God thereby becomes superfluous. - When in former times one had refuted the 'proofs of the existence of God' put forward, there always remained the doubt whether better proofs might not be adduced than those just refuted: in those days atheists did not know how to make a clean sweep." Here is a rather interesting perspective upon how Nietzsche feels towards the previous attempts to prove the lack of a God. Apparently he believes that he is the only one thus far able to sufficiently prove that there is in fact no God at all, this presents a rather interesting problem with the essays, how exactly can Nietzsche present his argument as the singular on the matter without loosing validity? Quite simply put, Nietzsche believes that the previous attempts are

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