File spoon-archives/nietzsche.archive/nietzsche_1998/nietzsche.9811, message 98


From: "Wayne A. King" <kingwa-AT-a.crl.com>
Subject: Re: Greco-Roman Gods and the slave rebellion
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 09:41:09 -0500


Sean Saraq posted on Wednesday, November 04, 1998 10:09 AM

> The overwhelming majority of humanity isn't and never was
>Judeo-Christian. Judeo-Christianity only accounts for about one billion
>of the world's six billion people.


Sean, you are indeed correct.  I didn't make it clear I was referring
only to the U.S.    

> It is true that Christianity is doing much better in the US than
>in Europe or Canada. A majority of Europeans and Canadians say they are
>Christian, but the proportions are declining, while the proportions
>citing "no religion" are increasing. 


> The fact that there is not only one "truth" only underlines the
>fact that some intrepretations are more noble, others more slavish, and
>these are to be evaluated in terms of Life rather than otherworldly
>ideals.


Noble and slavish become matters of subjective personal 
preference unless one claims some degree of objectivity in their 
assessments.  I see N as a great pluralist and I  suspect just as 
he rejected every "one and only way", there just might be more 
than one way for others to realize the praiseworthy objective 
of "evaluating in terms of Life."   Despite my own basic accord with
your above assessment,  I am still unwilling to rule alternative 
assessments out as a viable possibility for others. Regardless, 
it's not expression of *our* way which can appear unseemly, but 
the underlying resentments it can forebode against *other* ways 
if not delivered with a light touch.  Even if one's objective is to 
sink the Titanic, it's sometimes better to conceal one's icebergs 
under the surface until the moment of impact.  Even a mostly blind
captain likely will spot surface icebergs if they are ten times the size 
of his own ship.

> I don't see any practical alternatives in terms of mass
>movements and am not interested in mass movements.


Okay.  I was just checking. So would it be fair to say that if 
the appeal of Zarathustra was never intended for the masses, 
then to rebuke them for not finding Zarathustra appealing 
would be somewhat like God's condemnation of savages 
who had never had the opportunity of hearing the Word?  

Best regards from Hoot Owl Hollow, Georgia
Wayne A. King




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