Topic > Commentary on Nietzsche's Philosophy on God and Humanity

In this essay we will embrace Nietzsche's philosophy for the fact that he proposed that God is dead, life has no value, and fate ultimately surpasses faith. Ultimately, he provided many with an alternative life philosophy that became life-affirming. On the other hand, Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy presents numerous deviations, for countless reasons. Undoubtedly, most of those who disagree with Nietzsche's philosophy base their objections on a misperceived threat to their unshakable doctrine of religious faith. To make this clear, let's start with one of the most polemical, yet widely misunderstood quotes in philosophy. It was 1882 when Nietzsche first suggested that God is dead in his book The Gay Science. “God is dead. God remains dead. And we killed him. How can we comfort ourselves, killers of all killers? The most sacred and most powerful thing the world has so far possessed has bled to death under our knives: who will clean this blood from us? What water do we have to purify ourselves? What celebrations of expiation, what sacred games will we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this act too great for us? Must we not ourselves become gods simply to appear worthy of it?”¹ It is from this statement that the philosopher deduces that society no longer needs the notion of God; since it does not help the progress of our species, rather it hinders it. Of course we cannot say that Nietzsche is solely responsible for the death of God, he is just a simple messenger trying to make a clear statement. Mainly, he meant that the idea of ​​God has lost all its power and imaginative force. It should be noted that during Nietzsche's lifetime, he watched the world transform from one large rural agra... middle of paper ... ...is destroying people and the environment.... What I am suggesting is that it may be the only possibilities to divert humans from a path that leads to the deterioration and perhaps the end of life on this planet.” “Since God is dead, life is meaningless, and fate undermines faith, it is clear that another philosophy of life should be necessary, and Nietzsche provided an alternative, life-affirming philosophy of life. He calls for a new spirituality that involves the rebirth of our nations, in which we appreciate earthly life and nature. When God is taken as a metaphor for the transcendent experience of awe and wonder, he is revealed to be not an answer but an invitation to that existential mystery that lies at the center of our lives, breathing us and all we know. God as a sign is dead, but God as a symbol is indispensable.