The God Complex

In the beginning of the book does Nietzsche not come off the mountain proclaiming that God is dead? That would mean that at least in some perspective that he did in fact believe in some sort of god or another. It doesn't necessarily have to be the Christian one but some higher power would have to exist to back up that statement. How then can you go from proclaiming God is dead to there is no god? It's almost as if overnight Nietzsche went from an agnostic point of view to an atheistic one. He also claims to be a prophet as well doesn't he? Wouldn't that require him to receive his power from somewhere? But there is no god or gods at all. Maybe while he was up on that mountain he fell and bumped his head on a rock and that's where he received his power. Or better yet he was breathing gases released from a crack in the rocks like the Oracle at Delphi. That would explain why he had to return to the mountain.

There is one thing that I do agree with Nietzsche about. That is that Christians have become way to complacent. We don't know have to stand up for what we believe anymore. The most glaring point is that no Christians stopped Zarathustra while he is running around claiming that there is no God and he's dead. The same thing extends into today. We don't do anything to stand up for Christianity. The reason why is most of the time we're taking part in the things to bring it down. The same people in church Sunday morning are the same people who are downtown getting smashed Saturday night. As Christians if we don't stand against something then we are saying that it's ok for it to be done. One of my favorite quotes is, "Not to make a choice is making a choice." That is what we need to think about as Christians. If we don't stand against something that we know is wrong then we are saying that it's ok for anyone to do that. I apologize for the long rant I'm finished now.

P.S. I commented on Danielle's post.