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What did Nietzsche argue to show Christianity is a precondition for nihilism?
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Nietzsche doesn't argue that Christianity is a pre-condition for nihilism. He argued that Christianity is a particularly virulent historical example of nihilism. But nihilism is, conceptually, something separate and apart from Christianity.

As for where he makes this argument, it's an argument made throughout many books. The gist of Nietzsche's position is that, by focusing effort and attention on a supposed afterlife, Christianity effectively constitutes a rejection of actual life and the actual world.