Nietzsche On The Genealogy Of Morals Summary

According to section 15 of the first essay On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche, he starts out by saying, “If faith in what? In love of what? In hope of what?---The weak people---some day or other they too intend to be strong there is no doubt of that, some day their kingdom” too shall come---they term it “the kingdom of God,” of course, as aforesaid: for one is so very humble in all things” (Nietzsche, 1989, p. 48). I think he ask these questions to get his audience to truly think about religion as a whole. He spoke of the inscriptions written by Dante above the gateway of his hell stating, “I too was created by eternal love” and goes on to say the inscription above the gateway to the Christian Paradise should read “I too was created by eternal hate” (Nietzsche, 1989, p. 49). In reading this statement, I think where has eternal love gone if one is to rot in the fiery pits of hell. If such a thin line between love and hate does exist, allowing that we are so easily swayed by cruelty marking it as good why then mustn’t the inscription read eternal hate especially if one were to base this off of the good rejoicing in the sight of the bad burning eternally. …show more content…
That was why it was so important for me to live right so instead of being the one burning, I would get to be the one rejoicing. As a child, I was conflicted about this. I thought how could I enjoy heaven if I saw others hurting. Being raised in a strict Pentecostal church, I was taught to live in fear. In other words, the focus was on walking the straight and narrow or else suffering fiery damnation. I feel that God is a god of love. I know man can alter things according to his liking, making others do and believe as he sees