Single Idea 2918

[catalogued under 29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 5. Bible]

Full Idea

Has the famous story which stands at the beginning of the Bible really been understood - the story of God's mortal terror of science?

Gist of Idea

The story in Genesis is the story of God's fear of science

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (The Anti-Christ [1889], 48)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.163