God is dead and we have killed him

[United States of White America]

Although Nietzsche was a god-fearing atheist and his quote is positive, I believe it is negative. I think God has died because of our corrupt, open society, where there is no objective sense of right and wrong. Instead, I propose to resurrect God and avenge him.

[The Grim Reaper]

Although Nietzsche was a god-fearing atheist and his quote is positive, I believe it is negative. I think God has died because of our corrupt, open society, where there is no objective sense of right and wrong. Instead, I propose to resurrect God and avenge him.

I'm surprised a Christian doesn't know how to use the phrase 'god-fearing' properly. Never been to church?

[Iwassoclose]

Not much of a god if he dies for such a shitty reason.

[Days of Rodeo]

Although Nietzsche was a god-fearing atheist and his quote is positive, I believe it is negative. I think God has died because of our corrupt, open society, where there is no objective sense of right and wrong. Instead, I propose to resurrect God and avenge him.

Can't God resurrect and avenge himself? I'm kinda busy all week.

[Dyakovo]

Although Nietzsche was a god-fearing atheist and his quote is positive, I believe it is negative. I think God has died because of our corrupt, open society, where there is no objective sense of right and wrong. Instead, I propose to resurrect God and avenge him.

I think "God" is neither dead nor alive.
Also, I highly doubt that Nietzsche feared "God"...

[Risottia]

Although Nietzsche was a god-fearing atheist and his quote is positive, I believe it is negative. I think God has died because of our corrupt, open society, where there is no objective sense of right and wrong. Instead, I propose to resurrect God and avenge him.

No way.

When we meet aliens from outer space, we'll yell:

We poison our air and water to weed out the weak!
We set off fission bombs in our only biosphere!
We nailed our god to a stick!
Don't fuck with the human race!

[Christainville]

Not much of a god if he dies for such a shitty reason.

You are correct, but I think dead isn't as relevant as it seems.

[Genivaria]

Although Nietzsche was a god-fearing atheist and his quote is positive, I believe it is negative. I think God has died because of our corrupt, open society, where there is no objective sense of right and wrong. Instead, I propose to resurrect God and avenge him.

I'll camp at his spawn point, hehehe.
*Double-kill*, *Triple-Kill*

Die zombie, DIE!

[Genivaria]

Although Nietzsche was a god-fearing atheist and his quote is positive, I believe it is negative. I think God has died because of our corrupt, open society, where there is no objective sense of right and wrong. Instead, I propose to resurrect God and avenge him.

No way.

When we meet aliens from outer space, we'll yell:

We poison our air and water to weed out the weak!
We set off fission bombs in our only biosphere!
We nailed our god to a stick!
Don't fuck with the human race!

Humanity, Fuck YEAH!

[Christainville]

Although Nietzsche was a god-fearing atheist and his quote is positive, I believe it is negative. I think God has died because of our corrupt, open society, where there is no objective sense of right and wrong. Instead, I propose to resurrect God and avenge him.

I think the point is, what or who is God? Is it a moral, is it a being, is it a war lord? What is your definition of God. Honestly, anyone can "kill a God", you can deny him, or go against a teaching, in theory that kills that beings power over you since you don't follow it. Yet, it doesn't kill the God since others can believe in it. Yet, you come to the point of does the God even need your compliance to do as he pleases? That opens up another viewpoint. So, honestly this can be viewed many ways.

[Kamcha]

No way.

When we meet aliens from outer space, we'll yell:

We poison our air and water to weed out the weak!
We set off fission bombs in our only biosphere!
We nailed our god to a stick!
Don't fuck with the human race!

Humanity, Fuck YEAH!

(Team America song plays)

[Dyakovo]

Although Nietzsche was a god-fearing atheist and his quote is positive, I believe it is negative. I think God has died because of our corrupt, open society, where there is no objective sense of right and wrong. Instead, I propose to resurrect God and avenge him.

I'll camp at his spawn point, hehehe.
*Double-kill*, *Triple-Kill*

Die zombie, DIE!

Maybe he's like trolls in the old AD&D computer games...
All you have to do to keep him down is stand on his corpse...

[New Werpland]

Nietzsche wanted god to be dead so he could his assume his place as god of the edgy youth and psychos.

[Infected Mushroom]

This is ridiculous...

God definitionaly can't be dead; if he exists, then he definitionaly can't die

You have to keep things consistent. Either God exists and he is alive... or God doesn't exist. There is no such thing as God exists and he is dead now (let alone any further consideration of whether or not he should be resurrected and avenged).

We should pay no attention to this Mr. N whoever he was because his statement simply isn't consistent. If something dies, then that something definitionally can't be ''God''; Mr. N thought he was being witty but in fact he's just saying contradictory and impossible things. Quite a typical move for self-styled academic philosopher elites I suppose...

[Highfort]

Although Nietzsche was a god-fearing atheist and his quote is positive, I believe it is negative. I think God has died because of our corrupt, open society, where there is no objective sense of right and wrong. Instead, I propose to resurrect God and avenge him.

I think the point is, what or who is God? Is it a moral, is it a being, is it a war lord? What is your definition of God. Honestly, anyone can "kill a God", you can deny him, or go against a teaching, in theory that kills that beings power over you since you don't follow it. Yet, it doesn't kill the God since others can believe in it. Yet, you come to the point of does the God even need your compliance to do as he pleases? That opens up another viewpoint. So, honestly this can be viewed many ways.

Nietzsche was referring specifically to the power of Christianity, which he felt was being rapidly outpaced by developments in the naturalistic sciences. Essentially, for him, the death of God means humanity has to step up to the plate and fill that void with new meaning or risk being consumed by nihilism - which he detested, and which he felt was rapidly sweeping Europe.

[Sollis]

Although Nietzsche was a god-fearing atheist and his quote is positive, I believe it is negative. I think God has died because of our corrupt, open society, where there is no objective sense of right and wrong. Instead, I propose to resurrect God and avenge him.

No way.

When we meet aliens from outer space, we'll yell:

We poison our air and water to weed out the weak!
We set off fission bombs in our only biosphere!
We nailed our god to a stick!
Don't fuck with the human race!

I second this motion.

#nailallgodstosticks2k16

[Mefpan]

I am a human and I don't bow to any lowly god-creature! All hail the Man-Emperor of Mankind!

[Highfort]

This is ridiculous...

God definitionaly can't be dead; if he exists, then he definitionaly can't die

You have to keep things consistent. Either God exists and he is alive... or God doesn't exist. There is no such thing as God exists and he is dead now (let alone any further consideration of whether or not he should be resurrected and avenged).

We should pay no attention to this Mr. N whoever he was because his statement simply isn't consistent. If something dies, then that something definitionally can't be ''God''; Mr. N thought he was being witty but in fact he's just saying contradictory and impossible things. Quite a typical move for self-styled academic philosopher elites I suppose...

You mean it can't be the Christian God. Immortality is not a prerequisite to being a god, since a god is merely "a superhuman being or spirit worshiped as having power over nature or human fortunes". Nowhere in there does the concept of immortality become necessary.

[The Holy Therns]

This is ridiculous...

God definitionaly can't be dead; if he exists, then he definitionaly can't die

You have to keep things consistent. Either God exists and he is alive... or God doesn't exist. There is no such thing as God exists and he is dead now (let alone any further consideration of whether or not he should be resurrected and avenged).

We should pay no attention to this Mr. N whoever he was because his statement simply isn't consistent. If something dies, then that something definitionally can't be ''God''; Mr. N thought he was being witty but in fact he's just saying contradictory and impossible things. Quite a typical move for self-styled academic philosopher elites I suppose...

You clearly understood the statement perfectly and without any error whatsoever. Good job.

[Infected Mushroom]

This is ridiculous...

God definitionaly can't be dead; if he exists, then he definitionaly can't die

You have to keep things consistent. Either God exists and he is alive... or God doesn't exist. There is no such thing as God exists and he is dead now (let alone any further consideration of whether or not he should be resurrected and avenged).

We should pay no attention to this Mr. N whoever he was because his statement simply isn't consistent. If something dies, then that something definitionally can't be ''God''; Mr. N thought he was being witty but in fact he's just saying contradictory and impossible things. Quite a typical move for self-styled academic philosopher elites I suppose...

You mean it can't be the Christian God. Immortality is not a prerequisite to being a god, since a god is merely "a superhuman being or spirit worshiped as having power over nature or human fortunes". Nowhere in there does the concept of immortality become necessary.

I'm assuming he was a Westerner, and typically when Westerners talk about ''God'' they mean the Judeo-Christian God and we all know the Judeo-Christian God, according to the narrative, cannot be killed

he's just stating a contradiction and trying to masquerade it as wisdom

[Ardavia]

I am a human and I don't bow to any lowly god-creature! All hail the Man-Emperor of Mankind!

All hail!

[Infected Mushroom]

This is ridiculous...

God definitionaly can't be dead; if he exists, then he definitionaly can't die

You have to keep things consistent. Either God exists and he is alive... or God doesn't exist. There is no such thing as God exists and he is dead now (let alone any further consideration of whether or not he should be resurrected and avenged).

We should pay no attention to this Mr. N whoever he was because his statement simply isn't consistent. If something dies, then that something definitionally can't be ''God''; Mr. N thought he was being witty but in fact he's just saying contradictory and impossible things. Quite a typical move for self-styled academic philosopher elites I suppose...

You clearly understood the statement perfectly and without any error whatsoever. Good job.

Thank you!

[The Wolven League]

Nietzsche killed God so he could usurp the throne and be patron god of edginess.

[Apollinis]

This is ridiculous...

God definitionaly can't be dead; if he exists, then he definitionaly can't die

You have to keep things consistent. Either God exists and he is alive... or God doesn't exist. There is no such thing as God exists and he is dead now (let alone any further consideration of whether or not he should be resurrected and avenged).

We should pay no attention to this Mr. N whoever he was because his statement simply isn't consistent. If something dies, then that something definitionally can't be ''God''; Mr. N thought he was being witty but in fact he's just saying contradictory and impossible things. Quite a typical move for self-styled academic philosopher elites I suppose...

Nietzsche's point was not that God both literally existed and is now literally dead. His point was a more poetic way, I'd argue, of articulating the observation that Western secularism meant the decline of a reliance on Abrahamic morality in the West.

Taking it literally would be an incredibly stupid way of dismissing Nietzsche.

[Highfort]

I'm assuming he was a Westerner, and typically when Westerners talk about ''God'' they mean the Judeo-Christian God and we all know the Judeo-Christian God, according to the narrative, cannot be killed

he's just stating a contradiction and trying to masquerade it as wisdom

Except of course that it isn't a contradiction since Nietzsche did not mean it in the biological sense of death. Nietzsche indicated that the pervading influence of Christianity and Christian morals was waning in Europe and that the "death" of God would mean that a new set of values would have to fill the void lest humanity risk slipping into nihilism.