For Pagan people, who used to sacrifice animals and sometimes humans to their pagan gods, Christianity was a way out of their bloody superstitious times into more enlightened future.
Medieval Christianity founded Universities and encouraged learning and sciences.
Nowadays however Christianity became the polar opposite of that. Modern Christianity clings to past glories and fail to address challenges faced by modern world. If anything, it makes these challenges worse.
Instead of embracing science and development, it clings to the reverence of the past and prevents humanity from reaching its full potential.
Instead of encouraging science and technology, modern Christianity has drowned in debate about ethics. It glorifies martyrdom and misery instead of trying to eliminate misery and lead society into more advanced way of living.
When Nietzsche said that 'god is dead', he meant that religion as it became in 19th century, became useless and ineffective in handling challenges of the society.
Both I and Nietzsche agree that we need a new god. New religion for the modern days. I even wrote an article on this religion of the future.
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