God Is Dead, By Friedrich Nietzsche

I believe that as a Christian we should be as concerned, if not more so, than any other concerned non-believers. We as Christians, have been given the truth about God, His creation and His will. When it comes to His creation He is very detailed about His plans in creating the earth for His people and His purpose (HCSB. Genesis 1:26-30). Sadly, many Christians have fallen into the category quoted by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., “Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good." Their time here on earth has been fogged by the aspirations of glory. The contributors of this wasted life is ignorance, greed, and selfishness. Furthermore, our environment suffers for the cause. Nonetheless, this is a major topic of conversation

Throughout history, the concept of morality and its values have been argued by notable philosophers observing the society they lived within. With the concept of morality comes the idea of moral behavior that we have adopted in today’s age, such as: generosity, kindness, truthfulness, integrity, loyalty, commitment, open-mindedness, and dependability. The controversial issue that come from these so called “morals,” is that these values have had an flip, opening the gate to two types of morality systems that have had us wondering if our morality system has helped or ruined us. Friedrich Nietzsche, a german philosopher, commonly associated with advocating Nihilism and the phrase, “God is dead, God will remain dead, we have killed him,”(Nietzsche,

Friedrich Nietzsche’s own skepticism symbolized the secular changes in contemporary Western civilization, in which he details mankind’s break away from faith into a new rule of chaos. In Book 5 of The Gay Science, Nietzsche establishes that “God is dead”, meaning that modern Europe has abandoned religion in favor of rationality and science (Nietzsche 279). From this death, the birth of a ‘new’ infinite blossoms in which the world is open to an unlimited amount of interpretations that do not rely on the solid foundations of faith in religion or science. However, in contrast to the other philosophers of his age such as Immanuel Kant and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Nietzsche deviates from the omniscient determinism of history towards a

In order for an individual to effectively rebel against an established society, he or she must maintain some degree of power. If leaders or majority groups intend to revolt against an aspect of society, they simply speak or act against their issue. A member of marginalized group does not have the liberty of rebelling so directly, as he or she would be immediately isolated. In addition, taking a stand through an unappreciated aspect of one’s status in society would be futile. Therefore, an individual must find his or her value to society and utilize it as their method for rebellion. This is exemplified in both Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, as women rebel against society without using their voices. The main characters, Janie and Hester, defy gender roles through external appearances, maintaining silence, and accepting sexuality. Both Hawthorne and Hurston reveal society’s value of women’s external persona through female characters’ nonverbal rebellion.

"Man comes closer to God through the questions he asks Him, he liked to say" (Wiesel 23). Questions were very common during the Holocaust (Shoah). They expressed the frustration the Jews had towards God. The same frustration Elie Wiesel had in the book The Night Trilogy. The author uses the exposition of these questions, (i.e. Where is God? How can he abandon us?), to show the large impact the Holocaust had on Jewish faith and to make the reader dwell deeper on God's purpose in his/her life the same way Elie Wiesel did.

For many Nietzsche’s proclamation of God’s death is liberating. No longer shall life be dictated by groundless superstition; we are now free to judge for ourselves what constitutes a good life. The adoption of this idea seems to allow for greater degrees of self-fulfillment. If this is the case, why is it that such a large portion of our population still upholds religion? In book four of Thus Spoke Zarathustra Nietzsche addresses one of the central concerns entailed by the abandonment of religion.

The common theme that I found throughout these three articles was our ability to handle the topic of death. People (at least I know I personally do this) tend to side step the topic of death. We use terms such as “passed away” or “aren’t with us anymore” in order to sugarcoat the true reality of the situation. “Die” to us just sounds so harsh and terrifying. Not only do we phrase death in certain ways, but we also tend to ignore the facts. Wolff talks about how we all know how we are going to end up: we all have subconsciously acknowledged that it is highly likely that we will end up in a hospital bed somewhere unable to remember our closest friends and family. However, we put this in the back of our mind and do not think about it. This is

Zora Neale Hurston Was Born On January 7,1891. She was raised in Notasulga, Zora studied at the Columbia University where she took courses in Spanish, English, Greek and public speaking and earned an associate degree in 1920. In 1921, she wrote a short story "John Redding Goes to Sea" which qualified her to become a member of Alaine Locke's literary club (1928–1930). During a period of financial and medical difficulties, Hurston was forced to enter St. Lucie County Welfare Home where she suffered a stroke she died of hypertensive heart disease Zora Died On January 28, 1960. Hurston grew up in a community where black people were completely self governed. Her teachers were black the town government was black there was no one around to make her

Nietzsche admits that the realization that “God is dead” will travel slowly because it is just too “unthinkable”.

Morality and ethics have always been a large source of debate and contention between different factions of various interests, beliefs, and ideals due to its centrality and foundational role in society and civilization and incredible importance to everyday life and decision making. In many of these disputes religious belief, or a lack thereof, serves as an important driving force behind one or both sides of the argument. In the modern world, one of the bigger instances of this can be seen in the many debates between Atheistic and religious individuals about the implications of religious belief on morality. One of the most famous Atheists, Christopher Hitchens, asserts that religion is not only unnecessary for morality, but actually impedes

Glover explains that at the end of the century it is hard to be confident about the moral law or about moral progress, he quotes that one reason why there is a decline on morality is because there is a decline in the belief in God (Glover, 2000). “God is dead” is one of Nietzsche famous quotes. Nietzsche is not the first to challenge God authority of morality. Ivan Karamazov was one of the first to question, he question if he was the high power because of all the bad thing that has and was happing in the world ; some examples were rape ,war , poverty, any type of cruelty to humanity (Glover, 2000). Nietzsche also saw the cruelty and believed that human were in danger due to their morality, and also believes that Judeo - Christianity religious beliefs was no longer a serious intellectual option (Glover, 2000, p. 12 to 17).

In “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston, the main character Janie Crawford experiences many different kinds of love. Throughout her childhood, Janie experienced protective love from her grandmother. When Janie reached the ripe age of 16, her grandmother wanted her to get married. Because of this, she ended up marrying her first husband, Logan Killicks. Just like she did when she was with her grandmother, Janie was the receiver of protective love from her husband. The next type of love she experienced was possessive love from Jody Starks, her second husband. Joe was a possessive man who wanted Janie to keep quiet and just work the store. His possessiveness is especially shown when he makes Janie cover her hair when he notices other men of the town admire it. The last form of love that she experiences was true love with Vergible “Tea Cake” Woods. With Tea Cake, Janie felt like an equal and was truly happy. So yes, while it may have taken longer than she expected, she eventually experienced the true love she was yearning for. And when it ended, she was a changed woman. Janie’s time with Tea Cake gave her something none of her other marriages gave her: true happiness and strength.

“As soon as a religion comes to dominate it has as its opponents all those who would have been its first disciples.” Nietzsche was one of the first modern philosophers to rebel against rationalism and when World War I came about, the revolution against religion truly became a legitimate statement. Friedrich Nietzsche strongly believed that many of those that practiced religion were led to the acceptance of slave morality. Religion had always played a fundamental role in society as it sets strict boundaries and standards of what is morally correct and incorrect. However, Nietzsche claims that, “Human nature is always driven by “ ‘the will to power’ ”, but religion will tell one otherwise, saying that one should forbid their bad desires. In Nietzsche’s

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a philosophical work that Nietzsche wrote in an innovative way by presenting philosophy as fiction by telling a story instead of presenting it like other philosophers in a factual and informative way. Nietzsche named his character Zarathustra after the founder of the ancient Persian religion, Zoroastrianism and not founders of Western civilization religions because he wanted to show that Judeo-Christianity was flawed in their teachings and practices. The first theme that Nietzsche introduced in his work was "God is Dead" in the beginning of the story when Zarathustra met a saint who questioned him why he wanted to join humanity again when they are so imperfect and flawed, which is why he only loves God. The Saint

In this prologue by Friedrich Nietzsche, Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra begins with the line: "When Zarathustra was thirty years old he left his home and the lake of his home and went into the mountains." He leaves the world to live as a loner in the mountains, yet one day his heart is, changes or as what I would say, his heart "transformed" and realized that he wanted to return back into the world of humankind. But first, he has a discussion with the sun and tells the sun that he was tired of all the knowledge he has collected amid his chance alone. He tells the sun that the reason he needs to come back to mankind is with the goal that he can spread the insight he has attained to the people. Zarathustra has a lot of wisdom and love, Zarathustra feels the need to show mankind about the overman.