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What does it mean?
The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.
In plain terms
Seeing the world as ugly and bad, as some Christians do, contributes to making it so.
What can you take from it?
Be aware that negative worldviews can shape reality negatively.

Where it applies

  • discussing cultural attitudes
  • evaluating personal outlook

Putting it to work

  • adopt a more constructive perspective
  • challenge pessimistic narratives

Questions to consider

  • How does your perception of the world affect its reality?
  • Can changing mindset improve external conditions?

Another view

Not all Christians hold this view; the claim generalizes.

More from Friedrich Nietzsche

  1. Morality is herd instinct in the individual.

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  2. What is now decisive against Christianity is our taste, no longer our reasons.

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  3. Gott ist tot! Gott bleibt tot! Und wir haben ihn getotet. Aph. 125

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