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Nietzsche fears what he sees in man. With the change of the definition of “good”, Nietzsche does not see people striving for greatness anymore: “We can see nothing today that wants to grow greater…” (44). This distresses Nietzsche because if people settle to “become thinner, more good-natured, more prudent, more comfortable, more mediocre, more indifferent” (44) nations will not grow and prosper like they used to. Nietzsche also points out how people are faulting others for naturally being strong and great. He uses the example of a bird of prey and lambs; he says that the lambs blame the bird for what it was born to do. He claims that the weak hold the strong accountable for being strong like the lambs hold the bird accountable for being a bird of prey because, “…the strong man is free to be weak and the bird of prey to be a lamb…”(45). Nietzsche continues on to blaming Christians and Jews for causing this shift in “good”. He says that the religions promote ideas that are too passive and that a nation cannot function if it is weak. Nietzsche ends his argument by saying “good and bad” and “good and evil” have drastic differences. He says that the Jews and Christians use their religion to explain “good and evil” as opposed to using a “genuine battleground” to defend their views.