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Originally Posted by Rotten
Is religion the cause of evil?
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No. Only one particular and notable definition there of.
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According to Nietzsche, as my relativly young mind understand him, the majority, the stupid, the weak, the last man, is the creator of evil by choosing their enemy in the Übermensch out of jealousy etc. They decide that the Übermensch is "evil", just because he is.
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Nietzsche is not beyond religion or morality. Nietzsche only predicates that upon the death of God, the proper locus of religion/morality is the self.
Ergo, any "evil" that was hitherto a component of religion (as you or others assert) changes nothing with Nietzsche since Nietzsche posits morality in the subjective individual (the
Übermensch).
Apparently, 'evil' cannot be created nor destroyed - only changed in form.
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My point being, religion may not be the cause of all war (but has a part in that aswell), but the creator of the "us & them" (good & evil) attitude, which itself is the reason for most wars. Discuss...
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"us & them" is a product of war, not the cause.