Nietzsche seems to be a devout anti-religious philosopher. More so, he is strongly against Christianity. He feels that Christianity, and also religion in general, is purely nonsense and a waste of time. He also feels that religion is for people that are narrow-minded and not on his level of thinking. He may come off as quite arrogant about philosophers and quite harsh towards religion, but it is interesting to read about someone so strongly against religion.
Throughout this book, Nietzsche connects philosophy to the basis of science. He believes that science, especially philosophy plays, an important role in people’s lives. Compared to religion, science is not definite and provides room for correction. Science provides not truths, but merely explanations that could be further questioned. The beauty of philosophy lies in its ability to push those questions into the unknown. Nietzsche believes that religion claims to tell truths, but people should not have to be controlled by its lies. In a sense, Nietzsche believes that “truths” are not always the truth, because people’s mindsets are always changing. He even finds that immorality is not all that bad, because society’s idea of morality is not that accurate.
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