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Single Idea 2920

[from 'The Anti-Christ' by Friedrich Nietzsche, in 28. God / A. Divine Nature / 4. Divine Contradictions ]

Full Idea

A God who cures a headcold for us at the right moment is so absurd a God he would have to be abolished even if he existed.

Gist of Idea

A God who cures us of a head cold at the right moment is a total absurdity

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (The Anti-Christ [1889], 52)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.170