Kierkegaard Christendom

Kierkegaard claims that Christendom is glittering inactivity. According to Kierkegaard “For it means the effort to dispel every illusion and present the idea and all its purity - and verily, it is not truth that rules the world but illusions” (pg 90). Kierkegaard is stating that Christendom is nothing but an illusion. An illusion is a false perception that many believe but because an illusion is merely a perception, it is not real. The term illusion and glittering inactivity are the same because it is just busy work or the idea of doing something without any real purpose or fulfillment. Then Kierkegaard states “I experienced a real Christian satisfaction in venturing to perform on Monday a little bit of that which one weeps about on Sunday (when the parson prates about it and weeps too) ... and on Monday one is ready to laugh about” (pg 91). In other words, the people who are participating in Christendom are just going through the motions and keeping themselves busy with false illusions of religion. This glittering

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