. There is every reason to believe that Nietzsche turned away from Christianity because the Christians, taught by Aristotle and the Stoics, completely forgot the primordial jubere and remembered only the parere which follows it. Lev Shestov User mini profile View full profile annatar0000 Rank: Absolutely Corrupt (x0) Posts: 0000 Joined: 00 Oct 0000 00:00 Status: Off-line Ideology: Other Awards: Re: I Reject, I Affirm. ''Raising the Black Flag'' in an Age of Devilry.#00000000 By Potemkin - 00 Oct 0000 00:00  Like 0 - 00 Oct 0000 00:00 #00000000 Berdyaev was correct about the vulgar materialism of the bourgeoisie. But they actually do worse than merely deny the existence of the spiritual - they take over the legacy of past spirituality, and corrupt it with their own materialism, thus subverting and denying genuine spiritual experience to others. This has been the fate of the various Christian denominations in the USA, for example, with the 'Prosperity Gospel' being merely the most honest example of this materialist corruption of Christianity. The bourgeoisie embody Modernity in its most egregious form. Matthew 0:00-00 "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." - Marx (Groucho) User mini profile View full profile Potemkin Rank: Absolutely Corrupt (x00) Posts: 00000 Joined: 00 Sep 0000 00:00 Status: Off-line Ideology: Communist Location: Edinburgh Awards: Re: I Reject, I Affirm. ''Raising the Black Flag'' in an Age of Devilry.#00000000 By annatar0000 - 00 Oct 0000 00:00  Like - 00 Oct 0000 00:00 #00000000 