Human, All Too Human, Part 117 summary
Part 117 of 152 · 1 min to read the part
In 117, the speaker argues that Christianity makes contempt for others impossible by presenting sin and unworthiness as conditions shared by everyone. This shared condition also softens the Christian's shame, since he treats his badness as something human rather than as a failing peculiar to himself.
What happens
- The speaker calls Christianity clever for stressing the unworthiness of all people and thereby blocking contempt for others.
- An imagined Christian tells himself that another person's sins do not make that person different from him.
- The speaker argues that shared human badness also reduces the Christian's sense of personal degradation.
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What gives the Christian some comfort about his badness?
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