File spoon-archives/nietzsche.archive/nietzsche_1998/nietzsche.9811, message 99


From: Sean Saraq <sean_saraq-AT-environics.ca>
Subject: RE: Greco-Roman Gods and the slave rebellion
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 10:35:31 -0500 


Wayne,

I agree with most of the comments in your post. The one remark I would
make is that an aggressive tone doesn't either equal or forebode
resentment. I'm not interested in Christianity, I find it in
fantastically bad taste, but I am not preoccupied with imputing guilt to
it, or even to spend very much time thinking about it; there are plenty
of more engaging questions!

Sean

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Wayne A. King [SMTP:kingwa-AT-a.crl.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, November 05, 1998 9:41 AM
> To:	nietzsche-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> Subject:	Re: Greco-Roman Gods and the slave rebellion
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 	--- from list nietzsche-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---


	--- from list nietzsche-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---


   

Driftline Main Page

 

Display software: ArchTracker © Malgosia Askanas, 2000-2005