Letter_to_a_European_Philosopher

Dear Friedrich Nietzsche, I am a firm believer that you are correct when referring to yourself as “the hammer.” You possess strong and sound arguments and I cannot deny that you possess some characteristics of a genius. However, I believe that your harsh criticism toward Christianity is incorrect. Within this reference you constantly speak about the death of God. I cannot debate against that, but I would like to say that you are wrong to put down Christianity even if God does not exist. I believe that Christianity places discipline toward the human spirit for thousands of years and I believe that you fail to notice these actions. I also think that you do not believe that the humanity status or commendable values are true because you frequently speak that man should turn into something greater. You also believe that Christianity does not possess productivity toward humanity, especially when encouraging man to exercise his will to power. I think I should remind you of some ideas that you express. “The Christian conception of God-God as God of the sick, God as spider, God as spirit-is one of the most corrupt conceptions of God arrived at on earth: perhaps it even represents the low- water mark in the descending development of God type.” (Nietzsche, 2003) I do not necessarily object to the offensive nature in your ideas because you possess all rights to offend anyone at anytime. However, I believe that during your offensiveness you become blind by reality and see only negative aspects rather than the entire picture. I must remind you that insults will not prove anything except lack of valid arguments. I believe this is what you do when you criticize against Christianity. I do acknowledge that you create valid points against Christians, but I believe those points are hidden beneath your rant against Christianity. “Christianity also stands in opposition to all intellectual well-constituents-it can use only the morbid mind as the Christian mind, it takes the side of everything idiotic, it proclaims a curse against the spirit, against the superbia of the healthy spirit. Because sickness belongs to the essence of Christianity, the typical Christian condition, faith, has to be a form of sickness…” (Nietzsche, 2003) I believe using the words morbid, idiotic and sickness when referring to Christians is where you lack valid arguments. I believe that these words are not subject to an argument and would like to remind you that Christianity provides a sense of certainty, but by replacing certainty with the values you believe will cause anarchy to occur.