God of Unbelievers

[@williamoarlock8634]

Christianity is a religion and Christ commands his believers to be disengaged from 'the world'/reality (John 17:16).

[@professorlief4804]

For Bonhoeffer, Christianity is a way of life the pushes us back to what it means to be human. We are not freed from the world, we are freed for the world. To live this life loving God and loving neighbor.

[@williamoarlock8634]

@@professorlief4804 Except with Bonhoeffer, and plenty of others, it was another way to death. That Baal Christ and Master Two Paul pushing already pathetic humans to be sheep.

[@williamoarlock8634]

@@professorlief4804 For Bonhoeffer, and plenty more, it was just another way of death, plus the Christian ethos of being sheep makes the claim to 'human' totally false. 'Freed for the world' to ignore or hate their 'neighbor' I assume.

[@professorlief4804]

@@williamoarlock8634 One of Bonhoeffer's favorite conversation partner was Nietzsche. He, like Kierkegaard, believed, like Nietzsche, that people were indeed sheep, prone to abdicate their responsibility. Unlike Nietzsche, however, they see Christianity as the expression of true humanity--what Nietzsche would call the "overman". Nietzsche was the son of a Lutheran pastor... so there's a line that can be drawn through Kierkegaard to Bonhoeffer.

[@williamoarlock8634]

@@professorlief4804 'True humanity' which is being sheep to that crucifixion-resurrection self-gratification hypocrisy idol.