Posted by E Gran on March 12, 19101 at 21:05:40:
In Reply to: Re: The death of God posted by heyward on January 12, 19100 at 23:45:59:
: : 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.