Posted by Bob on September 16, 19101 at 16:08:51:

In Reply to: Re: The death of God posted by E Gran on March 12, 19101 at 21:05:40:

: : : 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.

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