Quote: Christianity was from the beginning, essentially and fundamentally, life's nausea and disgust with life, merely concealed behind, masked by, dressed up as, faith in "another" or "better" life.
from Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, p.23, Walter Kaufmann transl.
Interpretation: Christianity was used from the beginning of time as a way to disguise the negative affects of life. To give hope for a better life by worshiping a higher power. Everyone has gone through difficult stages in their life. To have faith in a religion is to try and soothe the pain that has been inflicted through out the hardship of life and to have hope that the higher power will help to resolve the issue at hand. Believing that if you dress accordingly it will show that you obey and will be rewarded. No one religion can erase the pain that one has endured through out their life time. You can suppress it but eventually, the suffering will resurface.
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