Godschild,
You have fallen into a trap that I have seen many xtians get into about Nietzsche! He NEVER said that "God is dead"! In the book, "Thus Spoke (Spake) Zarathustra," it is the main character who goes into the community to shout and to warn others that "God is dead. God is dead in the human heart." This was in no way a carrion call that God is "dead" at all and was, instead, a call to state that people lack depth and understanding as individuals who can stand up on their own merit.
As usual, xtains misquote anyone whom they can to "make a point." Usually, I read the work cited as well as citation and read the preceding and following text for the "real" meaning of the quotation which, upon such scrutiny, proves false the claims of those using it to make their own point, just as the bible is used by xtians the same way with a small statement here and there totally out of context.
I find such "scholarship" grossly disingenuous as well as overtly self-serving. Any such dishonesty, were it put in a court of law, would then put the entire person's "testimony" in the category of "false" and a lie and would not stand up in court at all.
You have fallen into a trap that I have seen many xtians get into about Nietzsche! He NEVER said that "God is dead"! In the book, "Thus Spoke (Spake) Zarathustra," it is the main character who goes into the community to shout and to warn others that "God is dead. God is dead in the human heart." This was in no way a carrion call that God is "dead" at all and was, instead, a call to state that people lack depth and understanding as individuals who can stand up on their own merit.
As usual, xtains misquote anyone whom they can to "make a point." Usually, I read the work cited as well as citation and read the preceding and following text for the "real" meaning of the quotation which, upon such scrutiny, proves false the claims of those using it to make their own point, just as the bible is used by xtians the same way with a small statement here and there totally out of context.
I find such "scholarship" grossly disingenuous as well as overtly self-serving. Any such dishonesty, were it put in a court of law, would then put the entire person's "testimony" in the category of "false" and a lie and would not stand up in court at all.
