Armageddon

[LeaC]

Correct. I would be interested in seeing if you can prove that he went insane because he said it. And even if you can it still would not prove him wrong.

Prove him wrong about his claim that God is dead and we killed Him? How exactly would one do that? I've always assumed the quote was not intended to be taken literally. Can you prove he meant it literally?

[Charles]

Prove him wrong about his claim that God is dead and we killed Him? How exactly would one do that? I've always assumed the quote was not intended to be taken literally. Can you prove he meant it literally?

No. I was just trying to get past the "Nietzsche went insane so let's not take him too seriously" line of thinking. The part I quoted was quite obviously not meant to be read in any litteral way. The language used is both beautiful and challenging, however. He is very famous for declaring that "God is dead" but I think his understanding of what it implied is often overlooked.

[Terraceth]

Nietzche also declared "That which does not kill us makes us stronger" which is absolute B.S. Apparently he's never seen the myriad of broken people who survived this or that trauma, both physical and or mental, and left broken. A shell of what they once were.

This is like disproving the statement "practice makes perfect" by saying that people almost never achieve perfection through practice, and some can't (even with a lot of practice) get good at things. I doubt he meant it to be taken that literally.

[One Bad Pig]

No. I was just trying to get past the "Nietzsche went insane so let's not take him too seriously" line of thinking. The part I quoted was quite obviously not meant to be read in any litteral way. The language used is both beautiful and challenging, however. He is very famous for declaring that "God is dead" but I think his understanding of what it implied is often overlooked.

Oh, I take him seriously. He was honest about where his beliefs led. Others think much of what he said is literally BS, but if one pretends he meant something else, what he said was mind-blowing.

[Tassman]

Not even God survives Armageddon.

Well no God won't survive the extinction of man, seeing as God is a human construct to begin with.

[rogue06]

This is like disproving the statement "practice makes perfect" by saying that people almost never achieve perfection through practice, and some can't (even with a lot of practice) get good at things. I doubt he meant it to be taken that literally.

Not the same as practice does lead to improvement but with trauma the result is often enough the very opposite of being made stronger that his statement is nonsense on its very face. Further, it seems to be usually quoted by folks who are taking it quite literally.

[Sparko]

Well no God won't survive the extinction of man, seeing as God is a human construct to begin with.

Boy are you in for a surprise!

[Tassman]

Boy are you in for a surprise!

There can be no such "surprise" when you are dead.

[Sparko]

There can be no such "surprise" when you are dead.

Keep telling yourself that.

[firstfloor]

Boy are you in for a surprise!

People who have god/s have themselves to blame. You will get little sympathy here, I suspect.

[One Bad Pig]

I keep meaning to drop this here for you:

[Tassman]

Keep telling yourself that.

No need.