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21st April 2011

“In 1882, the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, prophet of the post-Christian world, proclaimed that God was dead. Nietzsche imagined a madman running into the marketplace, looking frantically for God. When the amused bystanders asked where he thought God had gone – had he taken a vacation, perhaps, or emigrated? – the madman glowered at them. 'Where has God gone?' he demanded. 'We have killed him, you and I. We are his murderers!' As a result, humanity had lost its basic orientation. 'Do we not stray,' the madman asked in despair, 'as though through an infinite nothingness?'”

Karen Armstrong

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One Response to “21st April 2011”

  1. Anyse Says:
    April 21st, 2011 at 23:21

    I get so angry at this kind of manipulation of Nietzsche! What Zarathustra said, after HE woke up dead one day, while running amok through town was: “God is dead. God is dead in the human heart!” This is the prelude to the rest. So, it is NOT God who is dead: it is the spirit of God in man. Karen Armstong takes great liberties with rephrasing or quoting out of context in order to achieve a higher sense of pupose and this, to be honest, is so intellectually dishonest! Any one else with an idea on this one?