Friday, October 12, 2007

Evil Preachers

I agree with Nietzsche about preachers being the most evil enemies. Nietzsche writes, "As is well known, priests are the most evil enemies--but why? Because they are the most impotent. It is because of their impotence that in them hatred grows to montrous and uncanny proportions, to the most spiritual and poisonous kind of hatred" (33). Recently, my church has been experiencing some difficulties with the serving preacher. It seems as if some of his motives for preaching are not morally correct. When I say this, it is important to remember that most pastors recieve ample compensation. As people have begun to realize his faults he has truly became whats seems to me an angry person. While some angry people do not scare me, an angry pastor does scare me as he is the one who we consider pure and seek for forgivenness. His impotence makes his more dangerous, as previously in time, we have opened up to him, but now this trust is gone, and he already knows personal things about us all. The scariest part of the whole situation is that because he considers himself a devout christian, sowhen we is went against, the resistance in considered anti-religious.

1 comment:

terry said...

When you say "is considered anti-religious" you don't really say WHO considers it anti-religious. The preacher? The church elders? Your parents? You?
This is an interesting connection, and I think it is good to wonder about the power we give to our religious leaders. I mean, aren't they only human too?