The reference to the antichrist is not meant to refer to the biblical antichrist, but rather to an attack on the 'slave’s moral' and the apathy of Western Christianity. Nietzsche’s fundamental claim is that Christianity (as he saw in the West) is a poisoner of Western culture and the perversion of Jesus' words and practice....
F. W. Nietzsche - The Antichrist
The Antichrist
Criticism of institutionalized religion and its priestly class
F. W. Nietzsche
Description
The reference to the antichrist is not meant to refer to the biblical antichrist, but rather to an attack on the 'slave’s moral' and the apathy of Western Christianity. Nietzsche’s fundamental claim is that Christianity (as he saw in the West) is a poisoner of Western culture and the perversion of Jesus' words and practice.