Full Idea
You can say what you like: Christianity wanted to liberate humanity from the burden of the demands of morality by pointing out a shorter way to perfection, or so it believed.
Gist of Idea
Christianity hoped for a short cut to perfection, that skipped the hard labour of morality
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Dawn (Daybreak) [1881], 059)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Dawn (Daybreak) (v 5)', ed/tr. Smith, Brittain [Stanford 2011], p.43
A Reaction
This conjures up Graham Greene's Catholic heroes, who wallow in sin, but hope for salvation at the last moment.