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It’s not so much about accessibility, just quality of argument. As I said, basically no one that has read and thought significantly about religion thinks that D
by keiferski 3y ago
It’s not so much about accessibility, just quality of argument. As I said, basically no one that has read and thought significantly about religion thinks that Dawkins’ works are anything other than simple-minded polemics.
It’s the equivalent of watching a 5-hour YouTube video about programming and thinking you understand computer science, except that books by Dawkins et al are not even very good, impartial introductions to the topic. All I can say is: if the topic of religion is interesting to you, these are not good books to start with.
I also really don’t think Genealogy of Morality is all that complicated.
Edit: I just remembered this excellent book by Julian Young, Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Religion. I really recommend that if you’re looking for a more nuanced but modern take of what Nietzsche thought about religion.
- rapsacnz 3y agoThe more the nuanced the take, the less people will be drawn to it. Hence the popularity of the Bible and the Koran etc.
- keiferski 3y agoThe Bible has over fifty books and is perhaps one of the most nuanced works of all time, hence the wide variety of Christian denominations. I'm not familiar enough with the Qur'an to comment on it.
- atq2119 3y agoThe Bible isn't nuanced because it's not even coherent. It's pretty much all over the place. This is a feature for its followers, because they can and do pick and choose the parts they like and ignore the rest.
- lesuorac 3y agoI don't think the Bible is as popular as you make it out to be. Its really the songs / performances that carry the Christian belief; few people actually read the bible but they can all re-iterate to you that Christ was born in a manager because there was no room in the inn (not in the Bible).
- 5041us 3y agoNietzsche's Genealogy of Morality might not be complicated to read. And while all this stuff about good and evil is valuable context to understand religion, all the other slave morality babble feels pretty close to a YoutTube rant video.