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Jeremy · 5w
You have misread Nietzsche (if you have read him at all) if you think him an atheist. He argues that God/s are a constructions but not about the existence of metaphysical beings/realms, at least that ...
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I disagree, he definitely condamned metaphysics as the fantasy of suffering people trying to escape this world. He calls it afterworlds, or backworlds, and there's a chapter about it in Zarathustra.

He also took any belief and values to be a necessary human creation, but seemed ro claim that outgrowing those and chosing your own values and belief was the ultimate act of creation for yourself and mankind. (And has been the ultimate act of creation from the prophets of the past)

I'm not sure what to make of Nietzche exactly or what he had in mind with going in this direction, but a very simple to way to sumarize is thought is that he proned a form of radical self-sovereignty that wanted anything ruling upon the individuals out of the window.

That being said, I don't think that excludes spirituality per say, and I don't think that's a statement on whether or not metaphysical things do exist.

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jostric · 5w
My thoughts on Nietzsche stems from Tarantulas. I don't disagree with what your saying on the escaping this world, Nietzsche did condemend. But I think thats more a modern Christian view that earlier Christians didn't really share. And I believe Nietzsche was aware of that but maybe wasn't made obvi...
Jeremy · 5w
I felt he just didn’t care for a metaphysics and that the search for one was a futile effort… maybe a worthwhile endeavor for the suffering :) I’m going to stick to my guns about my claim that he was not an atheist on those grounds. Thanks for sharing. I’ll put Zarathustra back into my bed...