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Nietzsche accused Christianity of essentially being a religion to placate the weak, powerless masses. It told them that not only is their weakness a kind of moral superiority over those who oppressed them, but that they would receive their ultimate reward and their oppressors would be punished in the next life. He thought it was just appeasing their resentment over being powerless in this life.

Despite having sort of a philosopher of strength and empowerment, it's hard not to say that Nietzsche himself in his biography was bitter, weak, and resentful himself over his own lack of the ability to extend his will and influence and take action. In the long run, of course, he was massively influential, but at many points in his life he felt sickly, powerless, and weak.

Philosophers in this comic: Friedrich Nietzsche, Jesus of Nazareth