As we saw in the last post, Nietzsche had declared that the Enlightenment culture of Europe had essentially “killed” God, even though it had not yet realized it. The question for Nietzsche thus became, “After the supposed ‘death of God,’ what was to emerge in the post-Enlightenment culture that Nietzsche envisioned? The Ubermensch Nietzsche’s answer…
Perhaps the most famous saying attributed to Nietzsche is, “God is Dead.” Sure, the saying, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” probably comes in a close second, but most people don’t realize that comes from Nietzsche, and not Kelly Clarkson! In any case, the declaration, “God is dead” has caused many Christians to recoil…
In addition to talking about the will to power and the will to truth, Nietzsche also has a lot to say about what he coins master morality and slave morality. These two terms, obviously, have a lot of overlap with the will to power and the will to truth. Now Nietzsche sees Christianity as the epitome of slave morality—it is simply a “projection of ultimate…
In my previous post, I ended with the fact that groups like the Nazis have taken Nietzsche’s concepts and have used them to justify some very evil acts. That whole issue regarding how others have taken Nietzsche is not my concern here in this post.. I readily admit that Nietzsche’s teaching, like “the will to…
Ever since I was in college, Friedrich Nietzsche has long fascinated me, although I’ll admit it right now: I couldn’t understand him 85% of the time. After struggling through his various works like Beyond Good and Evil, The Anti-Christ, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and The Twilight of the Idols, all I had really come away with was a handful…
In today’s post I wish to conclude my analysis on what the Bible actually says about hell, or more particularly, what those passages we often assume are about hell really are about. Yesterday I looked at the Greek understanding of “Hades,” the ancient Near Eastern concept of “Sheol,” and the New Testament term “Gehenna.” Today…
I just want to put out there that I’ve finished a very rough draft of the book I’m writing, “The Heresy of Ham.” Since I want to make sure it addresses questions and concerns of people, I would appreciate it if anyone would shoot me a comment with any observations or questions you may have…
Recently, someone I know posted a question on his Facebook page about Hell. He said he didn’t see anywhere in the Bible where it said that a person was cast into Hell for an eternity of suffering. “From what it looks like, once a person is thrown into Hell, he is dead, with no eternal…
Researching and writing a book about the young earth creationist movement of Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis is both highly entertaining and incredibly frustrating at the same time. It’s entertaining in the sense that once you have figured out their talking points, you can point them out every single time—it’s like calling a really…
I am going to do one more post on Mere Christianity before I put it to the side for a week or two. The next chapter deals with Christian Marriage. In light of the recent “gay marriage” debate, I think there might be one or two things that can be applied to that, but Lewis…