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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Sunday, May 6, 2007

Religion for the human being

I indebted to a lot of party taking role oppose against all priest. Feurbach, through his criticism:
" Not God creating human being, but God is creation of human being day-dream." God, religion and whole its accessories don't have the fact of itself, but picture formed by human being about themselves. But later, human being forget that day-dream is its creation. Look like criticism to fetish, human being made the idol, then worship it as deity"

Marx, getting clarification through criticism Feurbach then continue : " The human being making religion, not religion making human being. Religion is realization of human being day-dream, as sign that human being not yet succeeded to realize themselves. Religion is existing human being strangeness from themselves"

In the middle of frenzied people who waste on the money for the pride of ritual religion, war on behalf of religion, or deeply worship the God and hope far from hell fire, I start to think the human being for the religion? or Religion for the human being?

Then, how if hell, heaven, or even God is there is no? if religion which during the time we believe is big falsehood ?
You please continue these questions by yourself. I will not go on to. I only try to think why I believe in? One, I believe in because taught and a little forced by family ( biology). Second, because environment and government through "its sets of equipments" geld the people rights being atheist ( sociology) . Third, and this which I feel now, becoming religious man is not bad
( individual).

I tell is not bad, personal for me. In reality I can assess the people believe in is bad if human being become the religion slave. Human being become the appliance from all hypocrisy priest, religion become the tranquilizer for citizen to bow to the government which again work along with all religion authority. Religion is bad if it contains dislike values, egocentric, and ruination for other religion follower. Religion is bad if its God is sword, money, pride among humanity grief.

Religion is not bad for me, if there is no one who decapitated, head dismembered, burned alive, circumcised its confidence because of differentiation. Religion become good for me, if religion only way, my choice, or I found it to realize myself. My religion not your religion because we are different. But me and you can coexist, as human being esteeming nature. Last, God ? Maybe in edge of street maybe not, but natural law will teach us that anything proceed. You and I can differ the view about God personal or impersonal, there is or there is no God. Altogether possible. It is not bad for me, as long as religion for the human being, not human for the religion.

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Saturday, April 21, 2007

Personal religion

Gandhi, in bulletin Young India write: “ All religion is a gift from God, but mixed with nature of imperfect human being because that religion use human being medium. Religion as a gift from God beyond reach of human being language. Imperfect human being submit that religion according to their language ability, and their words is interpreted again by imperfect human being also. Whose interpretation have to be holded as correct interpretation. Everyone is true from the aspect of its own approach, but is not impossible also that each and everyone is wrong ”.

Einstein ( A Life;D.Brian; page 186)), when asked to define the religion and God tell:
“ We are in dimiciling like moppet entering very wide library full of book in so many language. The child know the sure somebody have writed the the book. Only hes do not know how. Hes do not know the language that used to write all. The child a little presume there is a mysterious order in that book compilation but ignore what that. Likely that's people attitude to God how high even hiers intelligence”.

That opinion of two world magnate, which is differing culture and theism, but have big contribution to human values. Even differ they own some similarity, humble, confessing weakness of human being reveal the secret of nature, religion and their God.

Differ from the understanding of religion which we recognize in daily life. Religion interpretation have been finalized became a definitive meaning. Truth is one. There is no truth out of that firm belief. That way which often we hear, description from religion authority, conveyor of prophet message. Wheter realized or not, accompanying war machine fight and hardness hiding behind belief/ piety.

Those who believe in the Hinduism, that such absolute definition is not found. We recognize a lot of way to God. A Gam, sanathana dharma, mother of religions have borne the big religions such as Budhism, Jainism, and Sikh. Hence a lot of mention which we recognize later on. Hinduism the biggest religion in the world, universal religion, etc.

Reading description of Gandhi and Einstein above, I believe one thing, Hinduism is personal religion. With all limitation which I own, religion knowledge, finite logic understanding, sense which wild and sometime weak I amen my personal religion . My ability do not have power to translate all breakdown of priest, as their articulate discourses, believing the truth of holy book authority which is always cited. Even my reading often wrong and stutter, frequently agree without understanding. Because that's I take a little of Hindu I understand, and make a piece which I comprehend as a religion. Am I heresy? Might not. Tradition of Hindu Philosophy which I know is not illicit the difference. There is Swami doing Bhakti Yoga, whereas hes beloved pupil practice Karma Yoga. There is one chose to worship at home, when other pray in temple. People tolerance, providing us understanding about difference. Giving us view which is far from fanatism attitude.

With all respect, this is my religion.

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