God Is Dead Nietzsche On Religion Analysis

Religion is a very powerful thing and can cause various religious movements of various kinds as seen through today’s events. Religion lends hope to people who are in despair and cannot see a way out. All human beings need some sort of higher power or being to depend on in order to make it in this world. That higher being for some people is God. In God is dead by Nietzsche two bold claims are made which are God is dead and that we are responsible for his death. This is something that Christians, Muslims, Jews and anyone else who believes in some form of a God would be very angry about. With the first claim Nietzsche does not mean that there was a God that died in a physical sense. Whereas it means that nothing in this world has absolute authority …show more content…
In Nietzsche’s claim God represents the authority which is held over us and stops us from having absolute control over our lives. Also that He represents all the old beliefs and traditions that today’s society is still practicing. In other words God is the old society where He was given all the power and praise which according to Nietzsche is the wrong idea and yet we still continue to live this way. It can be seen that we are still living in the shadow of God even in 2015. Even though according to Christians Jesus died on the cross centuries ago we are still reminded of him. The celebration of Christmas, rosary beads, churches and more are all the ways we keep God alive and well in the spiritual sense. But the biggest way we remember God is by being taught from a very young age that God died for our sins. So it is as if every time we commit a sin it is equal to betraying Jesus which in religion is something we strive not to do. Society is structured in a way that religion is a part of our everyday lives and is dire to our well-being. Also in today’s society where money is crucial to surviving there are people who make profits through God. Take for example Christmas which is the celebration of Jesus’ birth through this holiday department stores see the biggest increase of profit due to the buying of gifts. Religions nowadays have become a commodity in which …show more content…
The first thing is that we have to get rid of all the old beliefs and traditions that we have followed for centuries. This is essentially what Nietzsche is telling us to do which is throw out the old and bring in the new. The old represents the beliefs we were taught and the new is ones that we make up and follow not because we have to but because we want to. The second action we need to do is taking the power that God has morphed into and giving it back to ourselves which is easier said than