Nietzsche attacks religion for its position against healthy instinctive values ​​and the intolerance and complacency that religion generates. (Nietzsche 52) Nietzsche believed that Christian morality prevented us from reaching our full potential as human beings (Janaway). Nietzsche's most classic explanation for how this repression of healthy values, such as passion and ambition, occurred is the slave revolt. In this theory he states that the priestly classes of the ancient world invented a system of evaluation for the oppressed, according to which what their masters considered virtues, such as pride and strength, are evil (Milgram 93). The result of this is this pervasive feeling of guilt when our natural instincts cause such feelings within us, which negatively impacts our mental health (Janaway). Nietzsche's critique of religion has many merits. To use an example from Nietzsche's works, if you don't appreciate the dentist who pulls out a painful tooth, then why would you follow a value system that kills all passion to prevent his stupidity (Nietzsche 51). While many of the values ​​condemned by Christianity have the potential to be harmful, many good things can come from them. Ask the question: who does more good? the humble Mother Teressa who serves soup to the poor or the greedy Bill Gates who provides jobs to millions of people? The humanist values ​​urged by Nietzsche offer a healthier lifestyle than those urged by Christianity. Let's take enmity for example. Whether it is the witches of Salem or the heretics in the Middle Ages, in every age the Church has sought to destroy its enemies. Immoralists, those who follow an anti-Christian morality, recognize the advantage of keeping our adversaries around, and therefore are more at...... middle of paper ...... the other cheek or demand tooth for tooth, but the decision you make will not be because you are following the instructions presented word for word. It is because you will examine the Bible and choose passages that support the beliefs you already hold (Sinnott-Armstrong). Works Cited Companion to Nietzsche, pages 180–222, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Sorensen, R., 2001. Vagueness and contradiction. Clarendon Press,Oxford.29 Boswell Road,Oxford, OX4 3HW. piero.pinza@gmail.com 166 Philosophical Inquiries© 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.Companion to Nietzsche, pages 180–222, Cambridge University Press,Cambridge.Sorensen, R., 2001. Vagueness and Contradiction. Clarendon Press,Oxford.29 Boswell Road,Oxford, OX4 3HW. piero.pinza@gmail.com 166 Philosophical Investigations© 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.