God vs. Nietzche

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"Hitler burned people like Anne Frank, for that we call him evil.
"God" burns Anne Frank eternally. For that, theists call him 'good.'


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ha..very nice.

ha..very nice.


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Ok, all kidding aside, am I

Ok, all kidding aside, am I the only one here who isn't a big fan of Nietzche?


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Sapient wrote:Ok, all

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Ok, all kidding aside, am I the only one here who isn't a big fan of Nietzche?

I'm no fan of Nietzche....he was a nihilist and spoke out against atheism as well as religion as far as I know.

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Sapient wrote:Ok, all

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Ok, all kidding aside, am I the only one here who isn't a big fan of Nietzche?

Nahh. I'm not a fan either. I do like to pick and choose from among his quotes though.
Apparently, so does a lot of corporate america.

Remember: "Life is short, play hard."
derived from Nietzsche

Remember: "What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger."
derived from Nietzsche

Remember: "Only you can prevent forest fires."
derived from Nietzsche

Remember Bear Bryant: "Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing."
derived from Nietzsche

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darth_josh wrote: Remember

darth_josh wrote:

Remember Bear Bryant: "Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing."
derived from Nietzsche

I disagree with this one....

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Absolutely. I was just

Absolutely.
I was just saying where the quotes/philosophies stemmed from initially. Certainly there were previous usages that Nietzsche derived his works from also. The more familiar ones are rephrased so that they can't be directly associated with him.

One of the problems is that the memes are attributed to Nietzsche when in all reality, it seems that they have existed much longer.

Hmm. Typing 'Nietzsche' 'meme' 'pool' gives 54,400 hits on google.

Just as I get defensive when people call atheism a religion, people who 'religiously' study Nietzsche do also.

A discussion of that nature will cause me to throw a NOMA argument just to change the subject. lol.

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I am a fan of

I am a fan of Nietzsche.

Calling him a nihilist is a misunderstanding of his work. I would call him, if pressed, a perspectivist.

The reason he says bad things about atheism is his main method of making points is by saying something, then saying something apparently opposite and seemingly contraictory. His intention, much like Zen koans, is to get you to transcend the question by showing you two characterizations of the issue. For Nietzsche, it's not so much whether God exists or not (or whatever issue he's talking about) so much as it is that the question is often viewed by someone, no matter which side they take, in terms of what will provide their own conclusion. The way we frame concepts, words, etc effects our conclusions. A basic concept for us today, but not in Nietzsche's time.

This is why it's so hard to talk to fundamentalists, because they cannot see the question from your point of view. If they saw it from your point of view, they would not be able to believe any more than you do. And if you saw it from theirs, you would understand the belief. In order to transcend one's view, one must adopt a method of granting possibilities, of allowing one's mind to ask "what if" and "perhaps." Most people here have done that, and so (I would argue), by fiat are fans of Nietzsche's thinking because it has influenced so much about how modern people think (or, if we switch cart and horse, Nietzsche was among the first to sufficiently understand the implications of the modern mind)..

One of Nietzsche's main points is that there is no "truth in-itself", which is a concept that is not as simple as asking whether there actually is Truth or not, but is related to it. Only through extensive reading of Nietzsche did I come to understand the point. When I did, it just seemed to pop into my awareness, and it was a kind if illumunation or enlightenment. I've seen things very diffeently since that happened. It was not why I because an atheist--I was already a non-believer at that point--but it is why I became a fan of Nietzsche.

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LeftofLarry wrote:Sapient

LeftofLarry wrote:
Sapient wrote:
Ok, all kidding aside, am I the only one here who isn't a big fan of Nietzche?
I'm no fan of Nietzche....he was a nihilist and spoke out against atheism as well as religion as far as I know.

 

He sought to transcend and overcome the Nihilism that he feared would take hold in Europe due to the dying belief in God.


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ShaunPhilly wrote:I am a fan

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I am a fan of Nietzsche. Calling him a nihilist is a misunderstanding of his work. I would call him, if pressed, a perspectivist. The reason he says bad things about atheism is his main method of making points is by saying something, then saying something apparently opposite and seemingly contraictory. His intention, much like Zen koans, is to get you to transcend the question by showing you two characterizations of the issue. For Nietzsche, it's not so much whether God exists or not (or whatever issue he's talking about) so much as it is that the question is often viewed by someone, no matter which side they take, in terms of what will provide their own conclusion. The way we frame concepts, words, etc effects our conclusions. A basic concept for us today, but not in Nietzsche's time. This is why it's so hard to talk to fundamentalists, because they cannot see the question from your point of view. If they saw it from your point of view, they would not be able to believe any more than you do. And if you saw it from theirs, you would understand the belief. In order to transcend one's view, one must adopt a method of granting possibilities, of allowing one's mind to ask "what if" and "perhaps." Most people here have done that, and so (I would argue), by fiat are fans of Nietzsche's thinking because it has influenced so much about how modern people think (or, if we switch cart and horse, Nietzsche was among the first to sufficiently understand the implications of the modern mind).. One of Nietzsche's main points is that there is no "truth in-itself", which is a concept that is not as simple as asking whether there actually is Truth or not, but is related to it. Only through extensive reading of Nietzsche did I come to understand the point. When I did, it just seemed to pop into my awareness, and it was a kind if illumunation or enlightenment. I've seen things very diffeently since that happened. It was not why I because an atheist--I was already a non-believer at that point--but it is why I became a fan of Nietzsche. Shaun

Nietzshe literally wrote about why he was so awesome. Entire chapters of his books were dedicated to this subject alone.

I'd say that qualifies him as a nihilist. Sticking out tongue

 

That said, I'm still a fan of his work. He WAS a good writer, and had had every right to be proud of the fact (even if he was a bit egotistical about it).

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"Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and opened it wider so that the air may enter more freely into my room. I can see the bright green strip of grass beneath the wall, and the clear blue sky above the wall, and sunlight everywhere. Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full."

- Leon Trotsky, Last Will & Testament
February 27, 1940


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God wins hands down

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Archbishop_Of_Canterbury wrote:

God wins hands down everytime , please lock this thread to avoid any futile an fruitless arguments

...Hey wait a minute. It's so early in the morning, and I didn't sleep last night, so I didn't notice:

You're posting in the freethinker's forum.

 

Oh dear. I feel so sorry for those posts you created. Because, speaking of oblivion... 

 

Sticking out tongue

Quote:
"Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and opened it wider so that the air may enter more freely into my room. I can see the bright green strip of grass beneath the wall, and the clear blue sky above the wall, and sunlight everywhere. Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full."

- Leon Trotsky, Last Will & Testament
February 27, 1940


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Archbishop_Of_Canterbury

Archbishop_Of_Canterbury wrote:

Kevin R Brown wrote:

Archbishop_Of_Canterbury wrote:

God wins hands down everytime , please lock this thread to avoid any futile an fruitless arguments

...Hey wait a minute. It's so early in the morning, and I didn't sleep last night, so I didn't notice:

You're posting in the freethinker's forum.

 

Oh dear. I feel so sorry for those posts you created. Because, speaking of oblivion... 

 

Sticking out tongue

im posting in the freethinkers forum because of the title , and speaking of oblivion thats where your'e going when u unfortunatly , pass on Kev 'ugly baby' brown

Boy, does the last part of that phrase reek of disingenuity.

Though you're most certainly correct (for the first time this morning). At the end of my life, I'm headed to the same place your points are headed:

Nowhere.

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"Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and opened it wider so that the air may enter more freely into my room. I can see the bright green strip of grass beneath the wall, and the clear blue sky above the wall, and sunlight everywhere. Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full."

- Leon Trotsky, Last Will & Testament
February 27, 1940