Buddhism and Christianity are both nihilistic religions in the sense that they deny any ultimate difference of value between one man and another, but Buddhism is much the less objectionable of the two because Christianity is degenerative, full of decaying and excremental elements, and its driving force is the revolt of the bungled and botched, a revolt begun by the Jews and brought into Christianity by holy epileptics like St. Paul who had no honesty.

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Bertrand Russell

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Buddhism and Christianity he says are both nihilistic religions in the sense that they deny any ultimate difference of value between one man and another but Buddhism is much the less objectionable of the two Christianity is degenerative full of decaying and excremental elements

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Friedrich Nietzsche by Bertrand RussellStoica Nicusor
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:18:36 AM

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