Friedrich Nietzsche: Morality as Anti- Nature Blog

I found many of Friedrich Nietzsche's opinions to be fascinating within "Morality as Anti-Nature". His opinions on religion strike me, because it seems that his views heavily defied that of people in his time. He was one of the first influential people to speak out heavily against organized religion, specifically referring to christianity as a means of "Destroying the passions and cravings, merely as a preventive measure against their stupidity and the unpleasant consequences of stupidity". His problem with christianity lies in the fact that it uses fear as a preventative measure against humans doing bad things. If you obey gods rules, you will go to heaven, if you don't you will go to hell. Nietzsche criticizes this because the system assumes that if these rules were not in place, then many more people would sin consistently, when he thinks that in reality, it would be the exact same amount. Nietzsche instead proposes an idea that he calls the concept of eternal recurrence, which entails living the same life over and over again down to the most minute detail. He makes the argument that you should live you're life to the fullest so that you wouldn't mind living it over and over again. He believes that religion molds people into fitting into a certain image and drastically changing their life/ personality,  taking away from a persons right to live their lives instinctually. Nietzsche believes that the system of eternal recurrence will grant people a reason to keep their lives in check, while also maintaining their instinctual identity. Overall, I found the read very interesting and insightfull as Nietzsche's views align somewhat with my own.