The compassionate Christian.--
The reverse side of Christian compassion for the suffering of one's neighbor is
a profound suspicion of all the joy of one's neighbor, of his joy in all that
he wants to do and can.
from
Nietzsche's Daybreak,s. 80, R.J. Hollingdale transl.
This quote to me means that there are two sides of a
“compassionate Christian. One of the sides is the profound suspicious of the
joy his neighbor (friends and family) get out of doing things that a Christian would
not do. This profound suspicion leaves doubt, fatigue, and unwanted thoughts in
the mind of a Christian, now force to ask him/herself why is my neighbor joyful
in the things that he does while I, as a Christian, am doubtful, fatigued and
suspicious?...
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