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botched. I t h as made an ideal out of antagonism again st all th e self-preserv ative instincts of strong life.” . . “ I t is quite justifiable to b rack et the Christian and th e an arch ist togeth er; th e ir object, th e ir in stin ct is concerned only w ith destruction.” “The C hristian is nothing more th an an anarchical Jew. And Paul, th is ap palling imposter, pandered to the in stincts of Chandala m orality in those p altry people when he said, ‘Not many noble are called.’ ” “The Christian concept of God— God as the deity of the sick, God as spider, God as sp irit— is one of th e most cor ru p t conceits of God th a t has ever been attain ed on earth . Maybe it represents th e low-water m ark in th e evolutionary ebb of the god-like type,— God degen-, erated into the contradiction of life instead of being its transfiguration and etern al y ea !” “Towards the past, I exercise a sort of generous self-control, I ta k e care no t to hold m ankind responsible for its m ental disorders. B u t my feeling suddenly changes and vents itself the moment I en ter th e modern age, our age. It is indecent nowadays to be a C h ristian .” “ I condemn Christianity, and con fron t it w ith th e most terrib le accusa- ti6n th a t an accuser has ever had in his mouth. To my m ind, it is the g reatest of all conceivable corruptions. I call Christianity the one g reat curse, the one enormous and innerm ost p er version, th e one g reat in stinct of revenge, for which no means are too venomous, too underhanded, too under ground, and too petty— I call it th e one imm ortal blem ish of m ankind.”-—From F ried rich Nietzsche by Mugge. Thus Nietzsche though t in his heart, th u s he b rough t others to th ink . A century of m aterialistic philosophy had laid a foundation of adam ant. Upon th is foundation was found room for the emplacement of every German gun, for the laying of the keel of every sub-
lu tion ary philosophy; th a t these men in developing th e ir destructive criticism were merely applying to theology the methods of th is philosophy in other fields. Their work was carried on pro fessedly inside th e church and has w rought th e havoc of unbelief th a t so largely prevails among those who choose to call them selves progressives. Among th e church notices in Los Angeles newspapers th e re is frequently a group of announcem ents w ith th is heading, “L iberal’ C hristian Churches,” and th e ir statem en t of belief follows: “We found our faith on th e though t of EVOLUTION ra th e r th an Special Crea tion ; on Revelation th rough NORMAL HUMAN EXPERIENCE ra th e r th an th e su p e rn a tu ral; and on Salvation th rough GROWTH ra th e r th a n a m ir aculous re b irth .” (Capitals th e irs). Then follow th e announcem ents of th e F irs t Universalist .Church, th e Church of th e People and th e first U nitarian Church. Unlike these m isbelievers who reject all th a t is distinctive in a Gospel of Grace while still calling themselves Christian, Nietzsche comes out w ith the courage of his convictions. He says, “The attac k s made u p o n ' Christianity h ith e rto have been no t only tim id bu t false. So long as C hristian morality was no t felt to be a capital crime ag ain st life, its apologists had a good tim e,” etc. “ Christianity is th e reverse of the principle pf selection. If the degen erate and sick man ( ‘The C h ristian ’) is to be of th e same, value as the healthy man ( ‘th e pagan’) the n atu ral course of Evolution is thw arted and th e u n n atu ra l becomes law ”— “Chris tia n ity is th e mob-egotism of th e weak.” “He who does no t consider th is a tti tud e of m ind as immoral, as a crime ag ain st life, beloiigs himself, to the sickly crowd and also shares th e ir in stin cts.” . . . “ Christianity has sided w ith ev e ry th in g . weak low and
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