I’m sharing this article from Carl Trueman because I think it is terrifyingly insightful. Agree or disagree, this commentary is well worth your time.
In Book Three of his work, The Gay Science, Nietzsche begins with a legend of how, years after the Buddha’s death, his shadow, large and terrifying, appeared on the wall of a cave for all to see. He uses his-now notorious phrase: God is dead. So begins the series of aphorisms which demolish both the…