Sunday, June 3, 2007

God is dead

The Madman say, “ God is dead “. And we have killed him. How come we, murderer from all murderer, amusing ourselves? holiest and most strong and heroic owned by the world have bled till die in our own knifepoint. Who will sweep his blood from us? Which water can sanctify ourselves? What redemption party, what holy games should we create? Isn't it true that highness from this deed too big for us? Doesn't it ought to our own becoming Gods so that reasonable [God murder]?
[Nietzsche, The Gay Science, sect. 125]

Statement above better don't be interpreted literally. As told by its writer, it's belong to "madman" . Lunatic which is because some thing cannot communicate to one who trust on, maybe good for one who unconvinced [ atheism].

But normal person statement, crazier instead. They said: this world is fulfilled by the lunatic! because mad of money, mad of woman / man, mad of power, mad of respect etc. Isn't it true that this world also Mental Hospital ?
Then where is boundary between madness and conscious?

God is dead, not physically surely. On the contrary this is Nietzsche way to say his idea about God no longger becoming source of moral and theology.

As generally religious ideology, God place the central position in belief. Deny God, is not a theis. He/She is automatically atheis. Do not believe to God also mean deny God concepts like holy book, all rsi / prophet, pinandhita / priest, and all ceremony accompanying it. My question, is there any space in a religious system permitting personal religion where belief to God is followed by the concept of existence God which is dying ?

In secular term we can say there is a lot of God in society. There is religion follower which her God is money. There is a priest which his God in the morning is a preach, and in the evening, he himself is a God who raping Tibet's girl.
Quite many Gods in prostitution, in politics of power etc.
There is someone who believed that God is power [ Muhammad Iqbal], truth is God
[ Gandhi]. Is there any place for the death of God?

For a theis, God is imortal definitely. HE [ with capital] supposing the personal, but beyond it, as something that impersonal because of imortal. HE is between of.

For Nietzsche, lunatic who idolizing Ubermensch [ superman] as substitution of God, God is dead.. And we have killed him. Maybe you will not agree with the statement. But why he insist to God's death?
Nietzsche believes that there is positive possibility for human being without God. Discharging belief to God will make way for creative ability of human being to expand fully. Human being free from the shackle of religion history.

Become the new human being, get out of the past burden and quit of fire fear of hell. In front of him a white world, and he will draw it. Nietzsche use the open sea metaphor, which can be excited and fearful as well.

Personal religion enable God's death. Personal Religion apart with the history, and all its generation. Personal religion which is say God is conscience. Human who walk with the foot and logic in their head. Placing morality harmony with life, not simply as law.
And when, this religion follower witnessing the people do not use the conscience, he solemnly say : God is dead. A man then called as a Madman. He which is walk with the lantern and go to market, step into the cave to call all priest to immediately descend downwards. Witnessing God's death.

I do not assume to reply boundary between lunatic and conscious. As I do not intend to translate Nietzsche which oftentimes misinterpretation, such as conducted by Hitler. What I know, there is someone said this lunatic is saint from west. One who can feel the mind. A irony otherwise tragedy for truly Psychopath.

Last question, if you disregard the conscience, will you amen have killed God?
I will.

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