id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9076 The Antichrist (book) - Wikipedia .html text/html 9006 870 69 In section 1, Nietzsche expresses his dissatisfaction with modernity, listing his dislikes for the contemporary "lazy peace," "cowardly compromise," "tolerance," and "resignation."[3] This relates to Arthur Schopenhauer's claim that knowledge of the inner nature of the world and life results in "perfect resignation, which is the innermost spirit of Christianity."[4] The Jews were not decadents, themselves—they are the "very opposite." Rather, according to Nietzsche, they have "the most powerful national will to live, that has ever appeared on earth."[27] However, "they have simply been forced into appearing" as decadents, in order to "put themselves at the head of all décadent movements (—for example, the Christianity of Paul—), and so make of them something stronger than any party frankly saying Yes to life."[26] Unlike past ages, his contemporaries know that sham and unnatural concepts such as "God," "moral world–order," "sinner," "Redeemer," "free will," "beyond," "Last Judgment," and "immortal soul" are consciously employed in order to provide power to the church and its priests.[40] "The very word 'Christianity' is a misunderstanding," Nietzsche explains:[41] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9076.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9076.txt