Ex Nihilo

It's not and I never said it was. You however were using your limited personal experiences of casual conversations with people as the basis for some general rule that many people that have an opinion on Nietzsche's work have never actually read his books which I guess is tru efor those who support Nietzsche as it does for those who reject him. I was merely offering evidense that your experience is not universal and therefore a flawed basis for ageneral rule. Persanally, I don't think you have to read Nietzsche to understand or have an opinion about him or his ideas. One doesn't have to be an alcoholic to know that drinking can lead to addiction. One doesn't have to smoke to know its ill effects. So it is true with Nietzsche. It may be helpful to read him, but not secessary. You just have to get your information from credible sources.

Sounds like a poor sample, most of the people I have mentioned Nietzsche to know all too well his books. They have read a good deal of them and, like me, reject them.

How do you know few people have read his works?

GK Chesterton had a very high opinion of Hope and, incidentally, a very low opinion of Nietzsche. Here's a couple of things he had to say about hope, but since he thought in paragraphs and not pithy remarks, his real brilliance is lost. “To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.” “Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate.” Hope is essential precisely because it, like love and forgiveness, is completely irrational. Rational qualities are completely unsuitable for an irrational world or irrational times, or even for irrational men.

You vome from wise stock Bro.. It shows

LOL! You are a smart, smart man Dan. Great points!

I am praying grace, healing and protection for you, your aunt and uncle, and the rest of your family. God bless!

He was. And he put his faith ubermasculine strong man of his own imagining that he tended to drool over in a most irrational fashion

But its only behavior that we don't accept that we must tolerate. If we accepted it, there'd be no need to tolerate it.

agreed, seems like an intolerable paradox

Grateful you've got excellent taste. Mumf is the best. They made a stop out here last June and I got to see them, I didn't think it was possible but...EVEN BETTER LIVE!!! They've put out a couple of songs while working on their new album. While my all time favorite is "Winter Winds", Here's a couple of favorites that didnt make it on their first album that I love: This one is a cover of a Vampire Weekend's "Cousins": SOOOOO many more great hits!

Thanks Grateful! Ok, so maybe tune(s) would be more accurate. Here's another:

No mostly I say, "hello handsome" lol. Potbellies are the new black

People can be very sincere in their beliefs and be very sincerely wrong.

To orthodox christianity, Marcion is a heretic, declared so in 144 AD, for his rejection fo the OT and mutilation of the NT. Why would his opinion of the bible have any weight with me?

Or like Christians who reject the bible. Lol

Love the Statlers. Great choice yer Grace. Personally I'm a fan of the George Jones version but this is a pretty awesome too!

Last night I dreamed of my Grandma, she was singing hymns as she did as she cleaned house when I was a child. She was the kindest person I ever knew. I'll be one happy guy to see her again on Jordan's shore: It's a grat song right?

I loved Mr. Rogers as a kid, saw this and thought you'd get a kick. Dammit McFeely! He didn't order no stinkin' whistle....

Come to think of it, why are things delivered by trucks and cars called shipments and things delivered by ships called cargo?

Rough.

Well, obviousy they are not war criminals in the legal sense according to the doctrine of Nulla crimen sine lege (No crime without a law). There was no recognized international law proscribing and punishing "war crimes". Given that they were the leaders of a theocracy and were "on a mission from God", led victorious campaigns against a better equipped enemy, and protected their peope's interests; they are probably best described as heros...at least to the nation of Israel.

Duly noted. Thanks for your candor.

Gary Johnson, he's our man! If he can't do it, No one can...be surprised. Lol

You vant to drink zee blutt!! Good luck, my veins like to roll and I like to run. I hate needles!