Nevermind how he speaks of cheerfulness being a necessary quality for a philosopher, never mind the fact that central to his thought was the notion that when free and having created new values for oneself, one makes a transfiguring sort of Joy possible that makes even the most horrible things in life carry meaning and worth. But your absolutely right. Yeah, I think I'll just ignore the fact that Also Sprach Zarathustra was written in a literary style that mimics Luther's bible, as well as all that subtle comparison between Dionysius and Christ that keeps cropping up in his work. We should also ignore the fact that Nietzsche's understanding of the Bible was very well respected by his theological peers at Basil. You know, if you want to actually discuss and think about N's work, I think that the reasonable people here have no qualms in entertaining discussion in which someone takes issue with N's work.
Most thoughful people do end up taking issue with it at some point or another.
That's what discussions are about, and I'm up for it. And if you do pose as though you know better, at least base your arguments on something closer to being demonstrably true than what you did here. Hope I didn't end up scaring you away. Hope to see you soon. We have all just been sitting around here waiting to learn what impresses you, but I suppose we'll console ourselves with knowing what doesn't impress you.