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>> You will all burn in hell and, frankly, I’m glad for it.
> I’m glad for it.
> frankly

>We might guess, but Nietzsche says they have an authority to tell them about it.
>And Nietzsche doesn’t pick out Jimmy Swaggart or some second rate authority in Christianity,
>He picks a text from Thomas Aquinas.

>And you know, arguably, I think Thomas Aquinas knew something about Christianity, that’s my view. I don’t think Nietzsche picked someone out of the mainstream of the tradition, I think he picked a very important figure. According to Thomas Aquinas the chief blessing in heaven will be like this.

>Thomas Aquinas, the great teacher and saint, says
>“The blessed in the kingdom of heaven will see the punishments of the damned....
>in order that their bliss be more delightful to them”
> [crowd laughter]

>[long pause] [sigh]
>In the place of the Greek athletes we have martyrs.
> Surely you understand that this is drenched in more blood than the simple Greeks could ever dream of.