He recognized their belief in “transvaluation” or that the weak are the righteous by saying “They monopolize virtue now, these weak and incurably sick men, there is no doubt about that: ‘We alone are the good, the just’” (102). Appalled by this concept, he argued that the strong must realize their strength for they are the ones who must lead and must not fall prey to believing they are weak (Nietzsche, 103). Nietzsche not only challenges and questions the Jewish religion, but he openly opposes many of its ideals – including the New Testament. With strong heroic figures, the Old Testament is honorable, but the New Testament is completely ignominious. He speaks of it as only having “petty business of sects, mere rococo of the soul, mere embellishment, nooks and crannies, strange things” (Nietzche,
He recognized their belief in “transvaluation” or that the weak are the righteous by saying “They monopolize virtue now, these weak and incurably sick men, there is no doubt about that: ‘We alone are the good, the just’” (102). Appalled by this concept, he argued that the strong must realize their strength for they are the ones who must lead and must not fall prey to believing they are weak (Nietzsche, 103). Nietzsche not only challenges and questions the Jewish religion, but he openly opposes many of its ideals – including the New Testament. With strong heroic figures, the Old Testament is honorable, but the New Testament is completely ignominious. He speaks of it as only having “petty business of sects, mere rococo of the soul, mere embellishment, nooks and crannies, strange things” (Nietzche,