Posted by Jim on September 23, 19103 at 08:56:16:

In Reply to: Re: The death of God posted by Bob on September 16, 19101 at 16:08:51:

: : : : What does nietzsche mean when he says that God is dead ?

: : : i'll take a stab.

: : : i think he means that the old way of interpreting our existence (from a creationist perspective) can no longer afford us any knowledge about how the world works. it was perhaps fitting for its time, but we have advanced well past this stage of subduing our curiousities with far-fetched, implausible fairy tales.

: : No. I believe that he was referring to the murder of God, i.e., that humans could not even utilize him (the conception of him) as a crutch anymore. The usefulness of God had/would come to an end.

: I believe he ment that exactly. Humans had to take responsability for their actions and couldn't use him as a "crutch" anymore.

Nietzsche didn't give a reason why he thought God was dead (at least not in the famous passage in which he announces it). In fact he assumed that everyone thought this. His point was to restate it again more urgently to make the point that if God is dead all of our morality - good and bad - all of our standards and our whole reason for living has gone out the window. Nietzsche wasn't making a triumphant proclamation he was stating the problem he was trying to solve. Everything came after that.

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