If you truly undestand Nietzche you are god and god is you. Far from dead. Become the Ubermensch / God, Apotheosis, Transhumanism. The desert god is dead, but a different one emerged.
Nietzsche has to be the most misunderstood philosopher of all times. His ideas were way ahead of his time, still they feel ahead of our time. Such an interesting character, I would've loved to be friends with this guy.
Not if you were Jewish, or non-arian, or of other ethnic groups. He may be romanticized by Hicks, but had no moral worth in himself and died an unhappy Atheist.
Nietzche is wrong in so many ways. He is seeking a perfect man a superman but what we end up following his philosophy is a Donald Trump corrupt, narcissistic and devoid of compassion. If God, a human invention is dead humans need another regulator such as government to regulate a society of imperfect individuals
Nietzche in a nutsell: Eventually, the child becomes an adult, or the apprentice becomes the master. In order to make that transition, one has to validate one's experience based on their interactions, not the tales or stories of one's parents, one's boss, or any other authority figure, whether terrestrial or celestial. No one else can authentic your experience but yourself. Nietzsche rightly stated that Western culture (and many others) doesn't prepare anyone to make that transition, so it takes the 'brave and the bold' to step up and validate what is 'good', or 'evil, or transcends both. The worst aspect that Nietzsche detested was how much culture actively resisted people from the transition/transcendence, actively encouraging subservience and obedience. And the best way to learn authenticity, to be able to validate one's experience? Learn to dance! Learn music, art, science. Be creative and critical and curious. And the attitude and skills will develop accordingly.
@@lonewanderer_n7 I am happy that you found it useful. I have often wondered where Nietzsche would have gone if he had not fallen into catatonia. I see strong similarities between his writings and Buddhism. He has a couple brief passages but I don't think he was ever able to study it in depth. Both, Nietzsche and Buddha, strive for authenticity, which often means rejecting the morals and customs of society, especially when they are no longer beneficial. Nietzsche's work was twisted by his sister, but I viewed the 'ubermensch' as not seeking to dominate or subjugate others, but becoming strong enough to avoid such by others. It is about empowerment of oneself so interactions are equal and hopefully mutually beneficial. That is my interpretation anyway.
Isn't ironic that those who most fervently urge us to be free, so often tell us exactly those things that we must do in order to achieve our own freedom.
@@alwaysgreatusa223 When you are in handcuffs and someone explains to you that you need a key to unlock them, that someone is not forcing you to escape but simply shows you how it can be done.
@@lievenyperman9363 You would have to be an idiot not to already know you need keys to unlock handcuffs. Moreover, individual handcuffs often require individual keys. People are not the idiots, sheep, or slaves Nietzsche arrogantly proclaims them to be !
@@EYECRAFTVideo Lord, son, do you have to spam this all over the comments? I'll not click through just because you didn't show enough class to be a little restrained.
Thank you, sprouts, for the last part. I went to the same school as Nietzsche and already learned a lot about his work when I was 16. It still bothers me that he is often demonized because his sister edited and plainly forged parts of his work which was later used by the Nazis. Looking forward to part 2!
Following Nietzsche ain't gonna take you anywhere good or wise or right... because there aren't such things-objectively-if his worldview is correct. His "strong moral stance" is inconsistent with his naturalistic worldview. I mean, where do morals come from? So, the implications of a worldview and how people actually operate are clearly not the same thing. Are they not consistent because they don't like it or simply because they are not willing to-or because they don't really believe it is true? Hm...
@@akshajbist1518 Thanks for the word salad... But it would seem that you are suggesting that because human beings feel empathy, therefore... But that is not an argument at all, it is an assertion. So for sure, I'm not willing to accept a non-sequitur as an axiom.
Elon Musk said it best.. Don't read german philosophers in high school. it's so boring lmao just do drugs later on in life and find all the answers this way. ;)
So happy to see Nietzsche correctly described as harshly critiquing anti-semites. Saying Nietzsche is anti-Semitic is like saying a diabetic is anti-donut. The problem is with a more fundamental element: religiosity’s prescription of submission. He critiqued all major religions and religion-like social movements.
The problem was, his prediction of nihilism perfectly coincided with the socialist movement. A lot of Jewish beliefs were held hand and hand with Bolshevism (in fact they led the movement). This led to people like the Nazi’s, believing that the Jews were heading the hydra that was Nihilism. To be completely honest though, Hitlers main opponent were the banks. He believed that Jews had maintained a monopoly on currency, due to historical precedent. There’s a lot to unpack with why Nietzsche is looked at how he is. What’s clear is that he would have been against the Bolsheviks. Which starts a snowball effect
Nietzsche was actually born in 1844, not 1884 like you say at around 6:00. You should mention this in your video in order to avoid confusion. Otherwise a great video!
Yes, I was going to say the same. They would have to put in the description of the video that they were wrong since it is an important piece of information and can confuse people.
Good point. Also, something to think, for those who say "quit picking this apart": for someone new to Nietzsche, the dates are very important, and, if you see an error, what errors are unseen? /are there other errors?
But isn't Nietzsche himself saying you should become the ideal version of yourself, so you should try to totally avoid all unnecessary wrongs...@@nwachukwuobinnaemmanuel7238
I am not particularly familiar with whom Nietzsche is. Unfortunately, the few times this gentleman’s name came across, a negative tone towards his ideology soon followed. Therefore, I’d have to research who he is and what he stood for before I weigh in on the matter.
there is no simple answer to that question according to nietzsche. The purpose of your life must be found in deeper understanding and affirmation of life as it is.
I appreciate the simplicity of your presentation of Nietzsche and God is Dead. I have been trying to understand the depth of Nietzsche, beyond his quotes and am finding it very cerebral. You made things easier in this thought system. Also, appreciated great cartoon visuals.
There is a huge difference not addressed and that is a relationship with God by the Holy Spirit, which makes sense if that isn’t an aspect of someone’s life who made this videos. Also, Christianity glorifying the weak isn’t the point. Appropriate glory to God while acknowledging our weakness is not an inaccurate view of reality. Think of it this way: what control do we really have over reality? Do we cause fission in the sun, move quantum packets of light to earth millions of miles away, cause those (light) photons to excite the electrons in the chlorophyll, etc. There are countless amounts of processes going on around us we absolutely depend upon, but do not control by our “strength”, ability, so on. A Christian’s view thus naturally evacuates pride. More importantly, Jesus, who is King, died as lowly as one can die for the sakes of others, which is amazingly functional. If God can die for those He created, who didn’t merit this gift, then how can we treat our fellow person? It’s simply about doing right according to God’s command and example in Christ. If we are as generous as He says we need to be, imagine that world. And if He intends to bless us with His presence not only in Heaven, but here and now via the Holy Spirit dwelling in us, then we are never alone, all of our hardships can be lived with, with God right there in the mess with us, and we are incredibly motivated to genuinely help others who are in need. Morality, as directed by God, and shown the in the living example of Christ, is beautiful. It is exactly what our hearts are crying out for. God is not dead! He is alive. And He is alive in any who chose to receive Him. From experience, I can say there is nothing better.
I doubt Nietzsche held that very modern view of socialism (and somewhat of a caricature). Besides, when Nietzsche talked about socialism, he had in mind people like Eugen Dühring, not Marx and Engels, and obviously not Lenin nor Stalin (who were not even born when Nietzsche was alive). Marx's socialism is not pro-state; Marxism-Leninism (and derived ideologies such as Maoism) tends to give an important role to the state, but maintains that the state should, in the long term, be abolished; other forms of Marxism (such as orthodox Marxism) are more critical of the state. Besides, Marxism nowhere tells people to be kind and selfless; to the contrary, Marxism recognises that people are motivated by their own interests, most notably their class interests (this is one of the reason why Marx considered class struggle to be a historical force), and Marx advocated for the violent insurrection of the workers. Besides, Marx's socialism and Lenin's Marxism were very political, they did not imagine that socialism would come naturally with time, but that the working class should fight for socialism (at most, Marx predicted that the working class will fight again and again until it is victorious. Thus the potential inevitability of socialism comes from the inevitability of an active struggle of the working class, not passive waiting); there is no messianic idea (and it is not as if Nietzsche could ever have had a critique of socialism being messianic when socialism at the time had no understanding of historical processes). To the contrary, the pre-Marxist socialism of Nietzsche's time was more similar to modern social-democracy and more based on vague wishes of a cooperating and pacific world united on the universal recognition of people's shared humanity, and very moralistic arguments (while Marxism is explicitly not moralistic. Marx recognised, like Nietzsche, that moral values were historically situated and relative). Nietzsche characterisation of socialism as based on slave morality and similar to religion is coherent with contemporaneous brands of socialism (such as that of Eugen Dühring, who has also been heavily criticised by Engels), but applies less neatly to Marxism contrary to what the video suggests. I guess the video reflects more Stephen Hicks personal opinions than Nietzsche's.
1844-1900 Nietzsche 1870-1924 Lenin 1878-1953 Stalin All were alive at the same time. You are a deliberate liar or just confused, hence the word salad.
@@sirmokn Well, to justify your free accusations, you just pointed out that I made a mistake when I said they were not alive at the same time... as if that changed anything. Nietzsche in his last days was certainly not able to hear about Lenin and Stalin who were not even well-known at the time, not even in Russia. It does not change my argument. Besides, Nietzsche wrote most of his books when Lenin (and even more Stalin) was still a child.
@@adamarlem9863 Thank you for pointing a small error which supported an argument that still holds? The fact is that Nietzsche could not have even heard about Lenin and Stalin because they were children at the time or at most unknown people even in Russia. Yes, baby Lenin and baby Stalin were born when Nietzsche was alive; it does not change my point and does not change all of the others. Besides, it's not because I talk about Stalin, Lenin or even Marx that I support them. I just pointed out how misleading the video is.
I don't agree with Nietzsche but I can respect his logic and reasoning. He uses some pretty advanced reason and logic to reduce extremely complex matters to their most simple form. But, when you do that, it compromises the subject matter's integrity. For example; this video attempted to boil down the basic simple forms of religion and missed the mark pretty badly. Not unreasonably so, it is just too complex to reduce it down to this level. Religion, specifically Christianity, does not view the world as terrifying and evil. It points out that evil can only exist in the heart of man and only has life due to our actions. We are compelled to do evil, but it calls us to strive to be better while also acknowledging that we will never succeed. But the message is supposed to be much more positive than this video's interpretation. Sure, there are harsh messages delivered in Christian Bible... but you have to read the message in its entirety to understand that in a sea of negative the point of the message was the tiny glimmer of hope. Moving on from Christianity, pretty much all major organized religions follow this. The "Pandora's Box" storyline - All this bad stuff is let out in the world because of one action, one mistake... and all that remains is hope. It's easy to pick pieces out of any one of these stories and decide that it delivers a message of hopelessness and despair. But, that's why you should never attempt to summarize such a deeply complex message into such small pieces. If you did that exact same thing with Communism you would end up with an entire generation of young American's falling in love with the Marxist theory and perceiving it to be a remedy to the current American political system and totally leaving out the part about one-hundred million deaths linked to Communism and the only system of Government that is actively engaged in slavery in the world today.... oh wait... o.0
Live a little longer. Jan 6th 2021 must have amused dictators all around the globe. Khrushchev would have been in absolute glee if he lived to see that day.
Мягко говоря вы совершаете слабость, когда говорите о рабах в далекой, посткоммунистической не вашей стране. С другой стороны не побывав рабом трудно приобрести опыт сбрасывания кандалов. Хотя лично вам не советую.
I don't believe in any form of god or religion. I believe being nice to people and making earth a better place than it would be without me is the best way to live because if everyone provides added value to earth/society the world can only get better. I don't need religion to give me rules and authority. Religions don't evolve the way my view of the world around me does. Thank you for the video. Very inspiring
I understand the point of view. BUT God is NOT dead. He never was and never will be. God is with-out time. If reading the scriptures, God took a step backwards to observe and not make the same amounts of interference with the lifes we humans as he did in the old days. That doesent mean that God is gone, but demands that we take responsibility over our free will he gave us. If God would do all, we would not learn and prove ourselfs to be good. So many times people say "How or why do God allow this war happen?" - Then the real question is "Why do we do these things?" Why do we all ow it from our selfs to happen? God is like a parent who expects that we can take responsibility and learn from our mistakes and do better. That could be said is common sence!
God is dead implies we have lost our guardian and it is all up to ourselves. Would we search for another master or would we accept the challenge and do our best to our own ability? History has shown that what happened was that people found another less benevolent master in the state -- the rise of authoritarian regimes (communism/socialism, national socialism, fascism) that all argued for a strong state at the expense of the individual. Many are still not trusting themselves and crave the protection of a strong state, but that state might not be as benevolent as they think, or as competent as is necessary for real benevolence. Do we dare to trust ourselves more, grow up and be responsible as free individuals as our own masters?
I understand Nietzsche's statement "God is dead" as a critic of christianism and the church. When people speak about God, they refer to an idol that they created in their minds. In this idol, they project their best characteristics, so the idol of god becomes a shadow of their own best abilities.
That was not criticism, that was an observation of the culture where religion, though it exists, does not shape the sociological and historical currents anymore. Nietzsche was excellent observer of his time, he saw where it could lead, he didn't like it. At analysis, he was unparalleled but he wasn't so successful in offering alternatives.
@@stephenson19861 i am not downplaying your claims, as they are mid at best and opinionated at worst, but your way of speaking is as if you know Nietzsche himself... And I can't help but giggle at the thought, especially, again, your sayings "can" sound very opinionated, and not grounded in facts.
@@__Hanasei__Levinus__ Of course it's opinion, you can't seriously expect a scientific tract on UA-cam comment section. However, I do have some rather solid academic background and my opinions are not without basis. I didn't write master thesis in Nietzsche, true, but I know his work to a degree that is certainly above average mostly because what I know about him, I know in his context and in his relation to enlightenment, Hegel and romanticism. Besides that, Nietzsche is extremely difficult to interpret and sometimes, opinions are better and more adeguate reaction to his work than facts WHICH is not in itself a bad thing, and would not be a bad thing especially from his POV.
Worse: govt diping its fingers in the church's cookie jar. Make no mistake -- both should never mix when they should instead look after the wellbeing of the population. What the people need are good leaders and good governance.
I think it's reductive to label religion as one that glorifies weakness and need and withdraws from the world as it is. Religion engages the world as it is (broken, wicked, with some good in it). It doesn't "glorify weakness", it instead recognises the imbalance and lifts the weak up from the hole that the arrogant have shoved them in. Religion also makes assertions on what the cause and culmination of said imbalance may be. At its core, it tries to understand the world, not escape it; albeit arriving at different conclusions within itself (the different beliefs), and secular science/philosophy. Each one has differences in the way these things are asserted. Many claim that their "assertions" were received as direct messages from a supernatural being, some claim to have seen physical miraculous occurrences that lead them to believe, some arrive at their conclusions mostly from philosophical (and somewhat scientific) hypotheses. It's NOT simply fantasy/escapism
It doesn't matter what you believe, without the Spirit of God all are dead. Worshipping the cross or repeating set prayers will not lead to enlightenment.
Religion brings us the comfort we need in our darkest time of our life, it gives us a sense of hope and glad tidings, also it makes us more charitable and considerate. Sadly there are people who abuse religion.
@@casualgambit674 That’s why I said it can be abused, many of us only see the cons of religion. You don’t judge a religion by it’s people but by it’s message because people are corrupt and even though they claim to follow it, they break its rules several times.
It actually sucks at grief counseling, in my experience. Survivors want sympathy, not a "pie in the sky" or "fire and brimstone" sermon. It also exploits the homeless by requiring them to convert for food and shelter, separating them from their families in sex-segregated shelters and discriminates against LGBT people, sex workers and substance abusers. It also uses a small business structure to treat an international social problem. It also cheated indigenous people of their land, converted them to sexist and homophobic customs and laws and kidnapped and murdered many Native American children in Canadian orphanages.
@@herticate8579 Well regardless of any outwardly displayed religion those "rules" were somewhat stamped on the hearts of man since before Moses. Moses merely spelled them out.
Galations 26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Very interesting video. I did not grow up in the church. God showed up in my life in my late adulthood, and I have never been the same since. God is very much alive, but we choose to reject Him.
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Faith is the cure to doubt and ocd. Please just put your faith into something good and stick to it. If it is good eventually it will give good back. Have faith strong enough to be able to remind yourself that its even okay to have doubts.
Never once have I felt that God is dead, I feel his presence every moment of everyday. God is there waiting for you to notice him. God is not dead, God is being ignored. Once society embraces him again society will improve once more.
Were breed to be slaves. Some of us wake up from that and realize we alone are responsible for what our lives shall be. Will it be hell or will it be heaven?
„God is dead“ is a prayer to each and everyone to live up to their own moral beliefs - defined independently - instead of simply following/quoting somebody elses word. It’s also the ultimate insult to all hypocrites.
Lol. You're a fool if you think you can make up your own moral code. People like you and Sam Harris are the problem and don't realize how wrong you are.
'Wrong or right', in other words 'morals', it doesn't come from any imaginary friend from the sky neither from any superstitious entity. Morals are a byproduct of having high intelligence, it is a mentality of treating others the same way you wanted to get treated. For example if you hurt others (wrong) you are gonna get hurt back; but if you are kind (right)to others, you will be treated back kindly by others. its simple, cults makes it complex.
@@biblecomics8550 morality and the concept of right and wrong isn't bound by time, cultural values or one's intelligence. It transcends all these things. It is divine. That may hurt your little athiest brain. If it does, go watch more Sam Harris videos.
Thank God I'm a Muslim and I believe in Allah who is 'Al Hayy" which means the 'Ever-living'. Also I like how he made it clear that when people left religion, they still had to enslave themselves to someone or something. Nice video.
I would rather not use the word "enslave" though. A person has to follow an ideology, to give purpose. If you keep your thought process clear and analytical, nothing can enslave you mentally.
@@jayantasen2406 he meant submit, and trust for our need. Like religius people submit to God socilaist submit to man made corrupt states. Even if they remove the God from equation they have to put someone there to play that role, the question is, what's the point of removing God then?
@@codewithmeer taking the charge in their own hands - that's the difference. Relying too much on God and His providence results in the citizens blaming everything on His planning without the urge to change it themselves.
just watched the above video. must confess, I have never actually read Nietzsche; thought him to be a radical, crazy atheist. I am a bit shocked. those view points are exactly the way I see things. My world-view.
I have an issue with the video and it's the characterisation that the politics of hope (socialism) is about avoiding the painful truths of life when instead it sees the pain caused by an unjust and exploitative system and addressing the root cause by asking why there is pain to begin with. Pain exists to tell us what not to do again and if you're in chronic pain then it is a disability. If this is the case for people then it's not a big leap to use the same framework to analyse systems. Religion asks us to do nothing as paradise is there to those who wait and sacrifice ourselves to the meat grinder while socialism tells us that a better world can exist if we fight for it
Without allies the only problem is all your courage does not mean a thing when those around you say "nuh uh" and "you can't prove that you are not a witch."
5:41 More nuance is needed here. There are different types of bravery. One man may have the courage to look a tiger in the eye, but still feel guilty if he takes advantage of someone.
It's pretty annoying trying to talk with hard-core Christians. It's always "because the Bible says." And I'm like, okay... why does the Bible say that? And mostly the answer always inevitably circles back to "because the Bible says so."
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no offence but this video is on philosophy, if you do not agree with anything on what the video says, you can move out and not comment here. simple as that
Anyone who believes in a religion should be allowed to do so, but so should others that do not believe in any. Both should live how they want , However I do not think it's about lack of religion that's bringing the world down it's about how good is your heart, how you lead your life, your values.
Nietzche philosophy changed a lot throught his life, i think its important to mention at which stage of his life these ideas are from. he criticised and denounced some of his early work as he became the hammer.
He very much detested his idea of "amor fati" later on in his life, which I find funny, but when you get into why, then it's incredibly understandable.
To the *worthwhile person* seeing this, your dream is not dead. Don’t allow the past and current pains and hurts stop and define you. You’re more than a conqueror. Rise up and put yourself together. Keep pushing your future depends on it. I wish you all the best in life ❤️.
Abraham Religion is biggest Cap .. Which base is " if you don't worship me you will go hell " God never force their child to Worship him or believe him with threatening to go hell if not ...
A nice video, but this is not what Nietzsche meant when he wrote "God is dead.". God didn't die in the 19th century, but at the very beginning of the Christian religion. It was the founder of the new religion Paul the Apostle who misinterpreted Jesus (on purpose) and made the people believe what Paulus intended. For Nietzsche the historic Jesus was a rolemodel for an Übermensch (Overhuman), as he didn't care about laws and he had a self-determined life and self-determined death. Paulus on the other hand focused on the other (for Nietzsche: opposite) habits: being selfless, helping the poor and the weak. So, as Paulus twisted the request of god and made everyone believe his version, the actual god does not exist anymore. We, as we believed in the words of Paulus and try to become selfless, deny gods request of becoming self-determined (or even selfish) and thus kill him.
In this chapter, Nietzsche asserts that God is dead without evidence, perpetuates the myth that science and religion are in opposition and fundamentally misunderstands Christianity.
Hmm. 'Where are the men of courage... who can look at the tiger in the eye without flinching?' Nietzsche creates his own fantasy world (in reality, no human can look a tiger in the eye without flinching, except in a zoo of course) to replace what he (and many who surfed the waves of the time he was living) thought was a an already debunked fantasy (largely due to chronological snobbery), ie., the Judeo-Christian faith. Interestingly, the Faith is still alive and well (and in some place even thriving) until today.
Actually, lion-tamers, stage magicians and hunters face tigers all the time. Widespread religions do not prove their deities exist. That would require giant corpses and people driving flaming chariots across the sky and zapping unbelievers and potty-mouthed comedians and "gangsta "rappers with lightning, like the above dead giants. Pilots and astronauts would see the above charioteers, winged humanoids and castles on clouds. An early Soviet cosmonaut saw no Heaven in space. Oilfield workers, miners, etc. would frequently meet fairy tale dwarves, demons and ghosts in various netherworlds underground.
@@darlalathan6143 'lion-tamer...' ? Lol! Do u really think Nietzsche was referring to these when he penned those words?! You're joking right? Nietzsche was not shy of wishing his own fantasies like the coming of the ubermench, this man that stands above all boundaries and limits of culture, religion, and values and is driven only by his will to power. Fantasy. As for the rest of your nonsensical rant, I'll let them pass. Pointless to go down that level.
I’ve been educating my sons without religion in their lives, they see it as something some people do and that is the end of it. They are not without guidance or orphaned as Nietzsche suggests.
What do you teach them is the basis for the existence of objective morality? Or do you teach them that objective morals don't exist? Or do you leave it as an open question? Genuinely asking.
@@OptimusNiaahink about how a decision or action affects yourself and others? What does morals have to do with religion? Edit: Moral definition: "A person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do."
Well that was a comically oversimplified interpretation of Nietzsche, Christianity, and Socialism to the point of making him sound like Ayn Rand or something.
I do not have to face a world without God, because He is always with me. The decisions made by others to reject Him have no effect on my relationship with Him.
Ever wondered, "Who made us?" "Where did we come from?", "Where are we going to go?", "What does this world hold for us?", " Why were we even born?" These are the questions that plague our minds when we're upset. Obviously we were made by someone, we didn't come out from somewhere, even the monkeys that scientists call as our so called "ancestors" had to come from somewhere! Even the microorganisms, the plants, the animals, the mountainous, the sky, the planets, the earth, the galaxies, the black hole & the universe had to come from somewhere!!! WHO CREATED THIS ALL??? There has to be someone who created all these things. And it has to be a super natural being. We call this super natural being as "GOD". Yes, GOD CREATED EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS! Almighty God is the creator & sustainer of the universe. Who is similar to nothing & nothing is comparable to him. God is nothing like a human being or like anything that we can imagine. And he is the only ONE worthy of worship. There is NO picture, statue, photograph, idol, or painting of Almighty God. No one has ever actually seen God(at least not in this lifetime). So this gives us NO right to worship anything/anyone other than him. In the Qur'an, God tells mankind what he is and what he is not. Almighty God says in Qur'an: " Say, he is Allah(God), the one and only" "Allah(God), the eternal the absolute" "He neither begets nor is he born" "And there is none equivalent to him" Qur'an (30:112) These verses are called the touchstone of Theology. So if anyone says 'this is God', you first check it up with these four verses whether actually he is God or not. If it passes the above conditions, then you agree he is Almighty God. But if it does not passes the conditions, then you cannot call him God at all. In order to worship the Almighty, we have to know him well otherwise we may from a distorted concept of him and then go astray. After having belief in God. Now we have to understand why have we been created. Everyone would acknowledge that our body parts, such as, our eyes, ears, brains & hearts have a purpose. Wouldn't it then make sense that the individual, as a whole, also has a purpose? Almighty God, the all wise, did not create us to simply wander aimlessly or to only fulfil our basic instincts & desires. Rather we have a higher purpose - to acknowledge & worship God alone, so that we live upon the guidance of our creator. Almighty God says in Qur'an: "Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?" Qur'an (75:36) In order to convey the purpose of man's existence to humans, God sent many prophets/messengers(peace be upon them all) from amongst the mankind to invite people to his religion. To give good tidings to the believers & to give warning of severe punishment to the non believers. From prophet Adam to Noah, from Abraham to Issac, from Moses to David, from Jesus to Muhammad. All the prophets(peace be upon them all) came with the same message, the message to worship Allah(God) alone & not to worship others besides him. God says in his final revelation: "Surely this Islam is your religion, one religion only, and I am your Lord, therefore serve me" Qur'an(21:92). Almighty God also says: "He(God) has ordained for you of religion what he enjoined upon Noah and that which we have revealed to you,(O Muhammad), and what we enjoined upon Abraham and Moses and Jesus -to establish the religion and not be divided therein. Difficult for those who associate others with Allah(God) is that to which you invite them. Allah(God) chooses for himself whom he wills and guides to himself whoever turns back(to him)" Qur'an (42:13) God says: "Say, 'we believe in God and what he has revealed to us and to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, and their descendants, and what was revealed to Moses, Jesus and the prophets from their Lord, we make no distinction among them and to God we have submitted ourselves." Qur'an (2:136) Hence the purpose of life is to believe in the Almighty God & to worship him alone without associating any partners with him. To believe in all of his prophets(peace be upon them all) and to submit to the commands of God. This life is a test for each individual for the life after death. A day will come when the whole universe will be destroyed and the dead will be resurrected for judgement by God. This day will be the beginning of a life that will never end. This is the DAY OF JUDGEMENT. On that day all people will be rewarded by God according to their beliefs & deeds. Those who die while believing that "There is no true God but Allah(God), and Muhammad is the messenger of God" and are Muslim will be admitted to paradise, forever, as God says, "And those who believe and do good deeds, they are dwellers of paradise, they will dwell therein forever" Qur'an(2:82) But those who die while not believing that "There is no true God but Allah(God), and Muhammad is the messenger of God" or who are not Muslim will be sent to hellfire, as God says, "And whoever seeks a religion other than islam, it will not be accepted from him and he will be one of the losers in the Hereafter. Qur'an(3:85) God also says: "Those who have disbelieved and died in disbelief, the earth full of gold would not be accepted from any of them if it were offered as ransom. They will have a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers" Qur'an (3:91) One may ask, "I think Islam is a good religion, but if I were to convert to islam, my family, my friends, and other people would persecute me and make fun of me. So if I do not convert to Islam, will I enter paradise and be saved from Hellfire?" The answer is what God has said in the preceding verse, "And whoever seeks a religion other than islam, it will not be accepted from him and he will be one of the losers in the hereafter" After having sent the prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him) to call people to Islam, God does not accept adherence to any religion other than islam. Because it is the only true religion of Almighty God. God is our creator & sustainer. He created for us whatever is in the earth. All the blessings and good things we have are from him. So after all this, when someone rejects belief in God, his prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him), or his religion of Islam, it is just that he/she be punished in the hereafter. So this is the truth. The absolute truth from Almighty God. Therefore know that we are here on this planet because the Almighty has created us. It is our responsibility to recognize him, believe in him & obey him. Therefore I invite all of you to Islam. The religion of God. The religion of truth. Learn about it if you are in doubt but do not remain ignorant. For indeed there is a purpose of this life & that purpose is to recognize our creator & worship him alone without joining any partners with him. You deserve to know the truth. So find out the truth of your existence today. Verily, if you sincerely seek the Almighty, he will surely guide you to Him in sha Allah.
You have got the right idea, but it seems like the wrong conclusion. Mohammed said he was the god of the universe down was over all revelation, and even said Jesus was born of a virgin and did miracles Bible says. Mohammed even said to let the people of the book be judged by the book, the Bible. The Bible we have today is the same Bible that was being preached when Muhammad was alive. Now Muslims say that the Bible was corrupted. Is Allah too weak to preserve the words of the Bible? Did Mohamed not know what was really in the Bible? God’s best on our quest for absolute truth
Well, this is from 'The Parable of the Madman', which has much more to say. Here is part of what he wrote... Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly: "I seek God! I seek God!" -- As many of those who did not believe in God were standing around just then, he provoked much laughter. Has he got lost? asked one. Did he lose his way like a child? asked another. Or is he hiding? Is he afraid of us? Has he gone on a voyage? emigrated? -- Thus they yelled and laughed. The madman jumped into their midst and pierced them with his eyes. "Whither is God?" he cried; "I will tell you. We have killed him -- you and I. All of us are his murderers. But how did we do this? How could we drink up the sea? Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon? What were we doing when we unchained this earth from its sun? Whither is it moving now? Whither are we moving? Away from all suns? Are we not plunging continually? Backward, sideward, forward, in all directions? Is there still any up or down? Are we not straying, as through an infinite nothing? Do we not feel the breath of empty space? Has it not become colder? Is not night continually closing in on us? Do we not need to light lanterns in the morning? Do we hear nothing as yet of the noise of the gravediggers who are burying God? Do we smell nothing as yet of the divine decomposition? Gods, too, decompose. God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. "How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it? There has never been a greater deed; and whoever is born after us -- for the sake of this deed he will belong to a higher history than all history hitherto." The point isn't necessarily how this video appears to interpret it. The entire section of his book is much more expansive than this and much more powerful. It is not an epitaph for God, certainly. It is so much more. The point isn't so much that God is dead - or not - that is not provable either way and Nietzsche was smart enough to know that. The point is, now that you've gone and killed him in your mind and heart, what will you elevate in his place? What will be the inevitable outcome? Do yourself a favor; find and read the entire parable.
@@benjamintrevino325 The parable discusses the collective you, not you as an individual. His point was that if you've killed God, surely there is nothing you can't do then. You can drink up the seas, unmoor the Earth. Look around at the world, and see what people have substituted for God. The result is not good. The act of killing God from culture has been the removal of the archetype of the unblemished exemplar from our focus. That space is now filled by other things. Some of those things are quite corrosive to a culture if they are at the focus of our lives. Money. Sex. Power. Control over others. You get to see how this plays out every day. I think that Nietsche was making a point; God has been with us since the beginning - whether real or not. In an objective sense, you can never know. The unknowable is unknowable, and trying to prove or disprove God is pointless. You may as well go play with a nut. That said, the subjective experience was that God was most definitely real - look at how people live when they try to follow God's principles. Sure, lots of people make money off of religion and some religions do or have done horrific things - but that's human evil. It exists everywhere, even within organizations that do actual good. Having the image of the unblemished exemplar in your focus while you live life reduces the tendency towards evil, albeit imperfectly. Take the alternative - place evil at that focus. You do the math.
@@misterdudemanguy9771no, while I am free to do as I will, I am not free from the consequences. There are things that are productive and things that are not productive both for me as an individual and society as a collective. I try to do that which is productive and don't need a god to see that.
@@benjamintrevino325 Awesome. Sounds like you have no real need of philosophy then. That's really for people who don't have all the answers. Tell me, what do you do when the best interests of the self run counter to that of the collective? Because, really, the collective is only an abstraction used to imperfectly describe a set of individuals. And those individuals are different.
“The more we learn, the less we know.” - i forgot, but question, Do we enjoy religion as a safety net for our fears of death? Or do we want religion, because we hope there’s more pleasure (and no pain) after death? I get it. We don’t like the idea of not knowing, yet, but I can tell this journey of knowledge is going to go so far that we actually lose knowledge of what truly “matters.”
Why should religion be a cure for fear of death, it seems to me that most Gods are very picky about who gets to go to paradise. Fear of death is fear of nothing, so there is nothing to fear. ;)
When you grow up, you don’t need parents anymore. We humans have grown up. We are no longer ignorant and stupid as we were. There is no need to worship something that is not there. We know the mechanism and we have solutions. Maybe the more appropriate way should be “god is not needed” instead of “god is dead”
I became an atheist when I was 10 because I realized some people are clueless and dam others for minute things while doing immoral things so I chose the path of Love instead until I get maimed or killed by a nefarious soul I’ll keep on giving and protecting those who path I cross
How can God die when he created death in the first place He is the ever living,he is eternal,has no beginning or end and is not overtaken by neither sleep nor slumber.
I think I need to learn more about Nietzsche to have an adequate opinion, but based on this video alone, I'm not sure he understood the concept of christianity (not to mention buddhism, the nation of islam, and more) as not all religions are made the same.
Absolutely! He was very close to his father who was a very intelligent and talented man until Nietzsche was two and his father became gravely ill (thought to be a brain tumor). After which Nietzsche was perplexed at how his father could go from being so intelligent, caring and engaging to a brutal disciplinarian who no longer enjoyed the young Nietzsche's company. After his father died eleven years after the disease's onset, he was left in an all female household consisting of his mother, grandmother, sister and two aunts that all espoused strict adherence to Christian values yet showed absolutely none toward him. He was severely punished for voicing his disapproval of the abusive treatment he received from his ill father and the women of the household so he hid all that trauma inside, only sometimes venting in a diary he kept. Holding in all that abuse he received from the people who were suppose to cherish and care for him, he became a sickly child. It wasnt until his adulthood that he was free enough from authority that he could vent his anger toward that authority (his father) and Christian hypocrisy (the adult women of the house, especially his mother) in his philosophical writings. Basically his writings were displaced anger toward his abusive caregivers and placed it on society and Christianity. The German psychoanalyst Alice Miller has a chapter devoted to Nietzsche in her book, "The Untouched Key tracing childhood trauma in Creativity and destructiveness". It is a good read and a good place to start if you want to find out more about what motivated Nietzsche's philosophical views.
@@elonever.2.071 Gotta love Alice Miller, but this idea about childhood trauma being the source of people's lack of belief in Christianity (or the source of their gayness) is getting old. How about the idea that the source of all this rejection of Christianity (and religion in general) being the fact that it's all lies?
@@williamgreenfield9991 The same is true with Darwin's theory. The basis for his observations were sound, but that too got extrapolated into absurdity. Power, control and money has bastardized both.
In your opening segment you seem to intentionally frame atheism as bad by multiple means especially fading the shirt as she strays from religion people would be hated on the internet for doing the reverse
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Why doesn't this have likes or replies..
@@kinyacat5919 right? It's a relatively new comment.
If you truly undestand Nietzche you are god and god is you. Far from dead. Become the Ubermensch / God, Apotheosis, Transhumanism. The desert god is dead, but a different one emerged.
he abandoned state and church and looked into the abyss,and went insane doing so.
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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
‐Fredrich Nietzsche
he literally predicted earphones/headphones/earbuds.
@@foryoutube7504 that's not what he meant😭😂😂😂😂😂
He got madly insane and killed himself.
@@UN1VERS3S Doesn’t matter.
@@sudipchakraborty8644 oversmart fella 🤡
Nietzsche has to be the most misunderstood philosopher of all times. His ideas were way ahead of his time, still they feel ahead of our time. Such an interesting character, I would've loved to be friends with this guy.
Me too
No you wouldn't. He a critic par excellence. You wouldn't be exempt from his wrath.
Not if you were Jewish, or non-arian, or of other ethnic groups. He may be romanticized by Hicks, but had no moral worth in himself and died an unhappy Atheist.
Nietzche is wrong in so many ways. He is seeking a perfect man a superman but what we end up following his philosophy is a Donald Trump corrupt, narcissistic and devoid of compassion. If God, a human invention is dead humans need another regulator such as government to regulate a society of imperfect individuals
@@Giornalisti Not at all. Seems to me like you didn't understand what Nietzsche had to say yet
"Must we not make gods of ourselves simply to appear worthy of it?"
Friedrich Nietzsche
The bastards run democracy, the gvmnt and the society. It's a crying and blaming blame-game 'society' where sex is the solution.
Nietzche is one of the most interesting philosophers of all time
Nietzche in a nutsell: Eventually, the child becomes an adult, or the apprentice becomes the master. In order to make that transition, one has to validate one's experience based on their interactions, not the tales or stories of one's parents, one's boss, or any other authority figure, whether terrestrial or celestial. No one else can authentic your experience but yourself. Nietzsche rightly stated that Western culture (and many others) doesn't prepare anyone to make that transition, so it takes the 'brave and the bold' to step up and validate what is 'good', or 'evil, or transcends both.
The worst aspect that Nietzsche detested was how much culture actively resisted people from the transition/transcendence, actively encouraging subservience and obedience.
And the best way to learn authenticity, to be able to validate one's experience? Learn to dance! Learn music, art, science. Be creative and critical and curious. And the attitude and skills will develop accordingly.
@@lonewanderer_n7 I am happy that you found it useful.
I have often wondered where Nietzsche would have gone if he had not fallen into catatonia. I see strong similarities between his writings and Buddhism. He has a couple brief passages but I don't think he was ever able to study it in depth.
Both, Nietzsche and Buddha, strive for authenticity, which often means rejecting the morals and customs of society, especially when they are no longer beneficial.
Nietzsche's work was twisted by his sister, but I viewed the 'ubermensch' as not seeking to dominate or subjugate others, but becoming strong enough to avoid such by others. It is about empowerment of oneself so interactions are equal and hopefully mutually beneficial.
That is my interpretation anyway.
Isn't ironic that those who most fervently urge us to be free, so often tell us exactly those things that we must do in order to achieve our own freedom.
@@alwaysgreatusa223 When you are in handcuffs and someone explains to you that you need a key to unlock them, that someone is not forcing you to escape but simply shows you how it can be done.
@@lievenyperman9363 You would have to be an idiot not to already know you need keys to unlock handcuffs. Moreover, individual handcuffs often require individual keys. People are not the idiots, sheep, or slaves Nietzsche arrogantly proclaims them to be !
So basically, be your on god ?
An old joke,
Nietzsche: God is dead.
God: so is Nietzsche.
We heard the first part, but none the second. 😅
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@@EYECRAFTVideo Lord, son, do you have to spam this all over the comments? I'll not click through just because you didn't show enough class to be a little restrained.
Bumper sticker: "My God is alive and well. Sorry to hear about yours. "
Thank you, sprouts, for the last part. I went to the same school as Nietzsche and already learned a lot about his work when I was 16. It still bothers me that he is often demonized because his sister edited and plainly forged parts of his work which was later used by the Nazis. Looking forward to part 2!
Following Nietzsche ain't gonna take you anywhere good or wise or right... because there aren't such things-objectively-if his worldview is correct. His "strong moral stance" is inconsistent with his naturalistic worldview. I mean, where do morals come from? So, the implications of a worldview and how people actually operate are clearly not the same thing. Are they not consistent because they don't like it or simply because they are not willing to-or because they don't really believe it is true? Hm...
He never got along with his sister and yet ironically, she was the one to look after him in his last days
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Thanks for the word salad... But it would seem that you are suggesting that because human beings feel empathy, therefore... But that is not an argument at all, it is an assertion. So for sure, I'm not willing to accept a non-sequitur as an axiom.
People like Atheist Nietszche will ends up like him promiscuous and CRAZY....!!!
@@jessebryant9233 let's not use logic sir; it doesn't fit the agenda of this educational chanel.
I read Nietzsche’s works in high school. People though I was weird, but many of his ideas have shaped the beliefs I hold today.
So you are still weird?
I’m currently reading his works while still in high school, n i rly like to think about his views n ideas :)
@@iwtdkmp5081 that means he's based
Elon Musk said it best.. Don't read german philosophers in high school. it's so boring lmao just do drugs later on in life and find all the answers this way. ;)
@@Merlin0fCamelot lol horrible advice
So happy to see Nietzsche correctly described as harshly critiquing anti-semites.
Saying Nietzsche is anti-Semitic is like saying a diabetic is anti-donut. The problem is with a more fundamental element: religiosity’s prescription of submission. He critiqued all major religions and religion-like social movements.
The problem was, his prediction of nihilism perfectly coincided with the socialist movement. A lot of Jewish beliefs were held hand and hand with Bolshevism (in fact they led the movement). This led to people like the Nazi’s, believing that the Jews were heading the hydra that was Nihilism. To be completely honest though, Hitlers main opponent were the banks. He believed that Jews had maintained a monopoly on currency, due to historical precedent. There’s a lot to unpack with why Nietzsche is looked at how he is. What’s clear is that he would have been against the Bolsheviks. Which starts a snowball effect
Nietzsche was actually born in 1844, not 1884 like you say at around 6:00. You should mention this in your video in order to avoid confusion. Otherwise a great video!
Can u just pick thr message and not look for mistakes...apart from that nice view still
@@nwachukwuobinnaemmanuel7238 no that’s actually a pretty important piece of information. It should be kept accurate for the viewer
Yes, I was going to say the same. They would have to put in the description of the video that they were wrong since it is an important piece of information and can confuse people.
Good point. Also, something to think, for those who say "quit picking this apart": for someone new to Nietzsche, the dates are very important, and, if you see an error, what errors are unseen? /are there other errors?
But isn't Nietzsche himself saying you should become the ideal version of yourself, so you should try to totally avoid all unnecessary wrongs...@@nwachukwuobinnaemmanuel7238
Thank Sprouts. With this presenter’s nice baritone voice, this episode could be turned into an opera!
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Yes exactly 😅👍🏻
@@sprouts ...it's the acceptable year of the the Lord. Seek Him..and surely you shall find
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@@davidm73 how the fuck you know is a "he"?
I am not particularly familiar with whom Nietzsche is. Unfortunately, the few times this gentleman’s name came across, a negative tone towards his ideology soon followed. Therefore, I’d have to research who he is and what he stood for before I weigh in on the matter.
its harder to build camps when you feel that god is watching
@@rusalkin It's easier to commit atrocities with god on your side
Uhh or you could watch the video…about Nietzsche?
@@UntoTheDepths God is whatever you hold most valuable in your life. Wealth, Fame, greed or A personal self sufficient benevolent being.
@@Fahad2k1 If the God can mean anything, the term is meaningless.
Nietzsche is my teacher... through his teaching i got into philosophy
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So you had been taught by Asylum Patient?
@@homanism6438 But that doesn't change the fact that you'll never accomplish academic achievements like him.
@@uncleusuh you learned nothing
"God isn't dead, God is alive and will always be alive for eternity." -Aidan Cho
Strange how he had a moral code based on no standard other than himself. What was his solution to god being dead or socialism?
there is no simple answer to that question according to nietzsche. The purpose of your life must be found in deeper understanding and affirmation of life as it is.
Existantialism
It's more like a question of who will dare to jump in the abyss?
@@countryboyred existential questions
@@countryboyred abyss means your inner self, Do u like talk to your inner self to find your true self and morality ?
We need more philosophy videos please!
I appreciate the simplicity of your presentation of Nietzsche and God is Dead. I have been trying to understand the depth of Nietzsche, beyond his quotes and am finding it very cerebral. You made things easier in this thought system. Also, appreciated great cartoon visuals.
Now we have to stare at the abyss of cliffhangers?
There is a huge difference not addressed and that is a relationship with God by the Holy Spirit, which makes sense if that isn’t an aspect of someone’s life who made this videos. Also, Christianity glorifying the weak isn’t the point. Appropriate glory to God while acknowledging our weakness is not an inaccurate view of reality. Think of it this way: what control do we really have over reality? Do we cause fission in the sun, move quantum packets of light to earth millions of miles away, cause those (light) photons to excite the electrons in the chlorophyll, etc. There are countless amounts of processes going on around us we absolutely depend upon, but do not control by our “strength”, ability, so on. A Christian’s view thus naturally evacuates pride. More importantly, Jesus, who is King, died as lowly as one can die for the sakes of others, which is amazingly functional. If God can die for those He created, who didn’t merit this gift, then how can we treat our fellow person? It’s simply about doing right according to God’s command and example in Christ. If we are as generous as He says we need to be, imagine that world. And if He intends to bless us with His presence not only in Heaven, but here and now via the Holy Spirit dwelling in us, then we are never alone, all of our hardships can be lived with, with God right there in the mess with us, and we are incredibly motivated to genuinely help others who are in need. Morality, as directed by God, and shown the in the living example of Christ, is beautiful. It is exactly what our hearts are crying out for. God is not dead! He is alive. And He is alive in any who chose to receive Him. From experience, I can say there is nothing better.
I doubt Nietzsche held that very modern view of socialism (and somewhat of a caricature).
Besides, when Nietzsche talked about socialism, he had in mind people like Eugen Dühring, not Marx and Engels, and obviously not Lenin nor Stalin (who were not even born when Nietzsche was alive). Marx's socialism is not pro-state; Marxism-Leninism (and derived ideologies such as Maoism) tends to give an important role to the state, but maintains that the state should, in the long term, be abolished; other forms of Marxism (such as orthodox Marxism) are more critical of the state. Besides, Marxism nowhere tells people to be kind and selfless; to the contrary, Marxism recognises that people are motivated by their own interests, most notably their class interests (this is one of the reason why Marx considered class struggle to be a historical force), and Marx advocated for the violent insurrection of the workers. Besides, Marx's socialism and Lenin's Marxism were very political, they did not imagine that socialism would come naturally with time, but that the working class should fight for socialism (at most, Marx predicted that the working class will fight again and again until it is victorious. Thus the potential inevitability of socialism comes from the inevitability of an active struggle of the working class, not passive waiting); there is no messianic idea (and it is not as if Nietzsche could ever have had a critique of socialism being messianic when socialism at the time had no understanding of historical processes).
To the contrary, the pre-Marxist socialism of Nietzsche's time was more similar to modern social-democracy and more based on vague wishes of a cooperating and pacific world united on the universal recognition of people's shared humanity, and very moralistic arguments (while Marxism is explicitly not moralistic. Marx recognised, like Nietzsche, that moral values were historically situated and relative).
Nietzsche characterisation of socialism as based on slave morality and similar to religion is coherent with contemporaneous brands of socialism (such as that of Eugen Dühring, who has also been heavily criticised by Engels), but applies less neatly to Marxism contrary to what the video suggests.
I guess the video reflects more Stephen Hicks personal opinions than Nietzsche's.
1844-1900 Nietzsche
1870-1924 Lenin
1878-1953 Stalin
All were alive at the same time. You are a deliberate liar or just confused, hence the word salad.
@@sirmokn Thank you, yes, and the not overfed, moustached male-- not yet electric shavers-- is not owned by leftists :)
@@sirmokn Well, to justify your free accusations, you just pointed out that I made a mistake when I said they were not alive at the same time... as if that changed anything. Nietzsche in his last days was certainly not able to hear about Lenin and Stalin who were not even well-known at the time, not even in Russia.
It does not change my argument.
Besides, Nietzsche wrote most of his books when Lenin (and even more Stalin) was still a child.
@@adamarlem9863 Thank you for pointing a small error which supported an argument that still holds?
The fact is that Nietzsche could not have even heard about Lenin and Stalin because they were children at the time or at most unknown people even in Russia. Yes, baby Lenin and baby Stalin were born when Nietzsche was alive; it does not change my point and does not change all of the others.
Besides, it's not because I talk about Stalin, Lenin or even Marx that I support them. I just pointed out how misleading the video is.
Could not agree more, the author has a clear agenda here considering he talks more about socialism than about Nietzsche himself
Thank you for the clarification on the phrase " god is dead". Good presentation on the subject.
I don't agree with Nietzsche but I can respect his logic and reasoning. He uses some pretty advanced reason and logic to reduce extremely complex matters to their most simple form. But, when you do that, it compromises the subject matter's integrity. For example; this video attempted to boil down the basic simple forms of religion and missed the mark pretty badly. Not unreasonably so, it is just too complex to reduce it down to this level. Religion, specifically Christianity, does not view the world as terrifying and evil. It points out that evil can only exist in the heart of man and only has life due to our actions. We are compelled to do evil, but it calls us to strive to be better while also acknowledging that we will never succeed. But the message is supposed to be much more positive than this video's interpretation. Sure, there are harsh messages delivered in Christian Bible... but you have to read the message in its entirety to understand that in a sea of negative the point of the message was the tiny glimmer of hope. Moving on from Christianity, pretty much all major organized religions follow this. The "Pandora's Box" storyline - All this bad stuff is let out in the world because of one action, one mistake... and all that remains is hope. It's easy to pick pieces out of any one of these stories and decide that it delivers a message of hopelessness and despair. But, that's why you should never attempt to summarize such a deeply complex message into such small pieces. If you did that exact same thing with Communism you would end up with an entire generation of young American's falling in love with the Marxist theory and perceiving it to be a remedy to the current American political system and totally leaving out the part about one-hundred million deaths linked to Communism and the only system of Government that is actively engaged in slavery in the world today.... oh wait... o.0
Live a little longer. Jan 6th 2021 must have amused dictators all around the globe. Khrushchev would have been in absolute glee if he lived to see that day.
Мягко говоря вы совершаете слабость, когда говорите о рабах в далекой, посткоммунистической не вашей стране. С другой стороны не побывав рабом трудно приобрести опыт сбрасывания кандалов. Хотя лично вам не советую.
I don't believe in any form of god or religion. I believe being nice to people and making earth a better place than it would be without me is the best way to live because if everyone provides added value to earth/society the world can only get better.
I don't need religion to give me rules and authority. Religions don't evolve the way my view of the world around me does.
Thank you for the video. Very inspiring
What is Good?
What is evil
What is “better”?
@@countryboyredYour actions doesn't matter your motive do if you are helping others to satisfy yourself no religion or humanity will accept you
I understand the point of view. BUT God is NOT dead. He never was and never will be. God is with-out time. If reading the scriptures, God took a step backwards to observe and not make the same amounts of interference with the lifes we humans as he did in the old days.
That doesent mean that God is gone, but demands that we take responsibility over our free will he gave us. If God would do all, we would not learn and prove ourselfs to be good.
So many times people say "How or why do God allow this war happen?" - Then the real question is "Why do we do these things?" Why do we all ow it from our selfs to happen? God is like a parent who expects that we can take responsibility and learn from our mistakes and do better. That could be said is common sence!
God is dead implies we have lost our guardian and it is all up to ourselves. Would we search for another master or would we accept the challenge and do our best to our own ability? History has shown that what happened was that people found another less benevolent master in the state -- the rise of authoritarian regimes (communism/socialism, national socialism, fascism) that all argued for a strong state at the expense of the individual. Many are still not trusting themselves and crave the protection of a strong state, but that state might not be as benevolent as they think, or as competent as is necessary for real benevolence. Do we dare to trust ourselves more, grow up and be responsible as free individuals as our own masters?
I think I'll just stay Christian.
I will not be controlled. I will be the master of my own fate and destiny
5:39 I very much like this, to have courage, to be strong and make a change. There's more to life than what I see in the sky
What an amazing mind Nietzsche is.
You made the video, thanks for listening to the votes.
That being said, could you also do videos on the other subjects which you mentioned?
I understand Nietzsche's statement "God is dead" as a critic of christianism and the church.
When people speak about God, they refer to an idol that they created in their minds. In this idol, they project their best characteristics, so the idol of god becomes a shadow of their own best abilities.
Uff that's deep and true
Yep that's Catholict they make Idols. But if we read the Bible, God doesn't allow us to make Idols. Bc God is a Spirit
That was not criticism, that was an observation of the culture where religion, though it exists, does not shape the sociological and historical currents anymore. Nietzsche was excellent observer of his time, he saw where it could lead, he didn't like it. At analysis, he was unparalleled but he wasn't so successful in offering alternatives.
@@stephenson19861 i am not downplaying your claims, as they are mid at best and opinionated at worst, but your way of speaking is as if you know Nietzsche himself...
And I can't help but giggle at the thought, especially, again, your sayings "can" sound very opinionated, and not grounded in facts.
@@__Hanasei__Levinus__ Of course it's opinion, you can't seriously expect a scientific tract on UA-cam comment section. However, I do have some rather solid academic background and my opinions are not without basis.
I didn't write master thesis in Nietzsche, true, but I know his work to a degree that is certainly above average mostly because what I know about him, I know in his context and in his relation to enlightenment, Hegel and romanticism.
Besides that, Nietzsche is extremely difficult to interpret and sometimes, opinions are better and more adeguate reaction to his work than facts WHICH is not in itself a bad thing, and would not be a bad thing especially from his POV.
Want to replace God with government? What could possibly go wrong?
Everything
Worse: govt diping its fingers in the church's cookie jar. Make no mistake -- both should never mix when they should instead look after the wellbeing of the population. What the people need are good leaders and good governance.
Well feudalism based its legitimacy on divine rights, that would be the difference.
Separate from Theo church from the state and reality from delusion
Your not replacing him cause he does not exist so you do have one choice the government
I think it's reductive to label religion as one that glorifies weakness and need and withdraws from the world as it is.
Religion engages the world as it is (broken, wicked, with some good in it). It doesn't "glorify weakness", it instead recognises the imbalance and lifts the weak up from the hole that the arrogant have shoved them in.
Religion also makes assertions on what the cause and culmination of said imbalance may be. At its core, it tries to understand the world, not escape it; albeit arriving at different conclusions within itself (the different beliefs), and secular science/philosophy. Each one has differences in the way these things are asserted. Many claim that their "assertions" were received as direct messages from a supernatural being, some claim to have seen physical miraculous occurrences that lead them to believe, some arrive at their conclusions mostly from philosophical (and somewhat scientific) hypotheses.
It's NOT simply fantasy/escapism
Thank you
well said
@@itsmemichael2975 Thank you
The video has an error. It says he was born in 1884 but he was actually born in 1844. Extremely good video. Just one tiny misspoken part.
Guy no be u know pass
It says he was born in 1884 and wrote the book in 1882 lol please fix it
@@marcya4122 he was totally writing books before he was born
In 1889, at age 45, he suffered a collapse and afterward a complete loss of his mental faculties.
due to an infection, i think it was an STD not his beliefs.
It doesn't matter what you believe, without the Spirit of God all are dead. Worshipping the cross or repeating set prayers will not lead to enlightenment.
Fairy tales of blood and wine.
Great video! Just a small correction @6:00 he was born in 1844 not 1884
Religion brings us the comfort we need in our darkest time of our life, it gives us a sense of hope and glad tidings, also it makes us more charitable and considerate. Sadly there are people who abuse religion.
@@casualgambit674 That’s why I said it can be abused, many of us only see the cons of religion. You don’t judge a religion by it’s people but by it’s message because people are corrupt and even though they claim to follow it, they break its rules several times.
@@herticate8579 Rules? 🙂
@@EinsteinKnowedIt Yes, its commandments and its Moral rule.
It actually sucks at grief counseling, in my experience. Survivors want sympathy, not a "pie in the sky" or "fire and brimstone" sermon. It also exploits the homeless by requiring them to convert for food and shelter, separating them from their families in sex-segregated shelters and discriminates against LGBT people, sex workers and substance abusers. It also uses a small business structure to treat an international social problem. It also cheated indigenous people of their land, converted them to sexist and homophobic customs and laws and kidnapped and murdered many Native American children in Canadian orphanages.
@@herticate8579 Well regardless of any outwardly displayed religion those "rules" were somewhat stamped on the hearts of man since before Moses. Moses merely spelled them out.
1:02 Are you sure that all religions say that everyone is equal?
Galations 26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
We are all one in chirst, hope this helps 🙏
Very interesting video. I did not grow up in the church. God showed up in my life in my late adulthood, and I have never been the same since. God is very much alive, but we choose to reject Him.
*“As we waste time, time is wasting us - Ryan Holiday*
Holy fck
It's was Benjamin Disraeli who wrote that 'oh how I wasted time, now how time doth waste me'.
Wow! Just discovered this channel. This is fantastic!!! Videos are on very relevant and interesting subjects, and a good length for easy watching. Subbed and will be recommending to others!
completely inappropriate here but all I can remember at 2:40 is batman's backstory 😅
Faith is the cure to doubt and ocd. Please just put your faith into something good and stick to it. If it is good eventually it will give good back. Have faith strong enough to be able to remind yourself that its even okay to have doubts.
6:00 Neitzsche born in 1844.not in 1884.........little correction but great work
Never once have I felt that God is dead, I feel his presence every moment of everyday. God is there waiting for you to notice him. God is not dead, God is being ignored. Once society embraces him again society will improve once more.
Funny, specially on this video.
Now please watch it again, but, this time pay attention
This was so well done-- thank you for such high quality educational content. It's so warped to think how the Nazi's coopted Nietzsche's
I find the thought that there isn't a god or choosen destiny for me far more freeing and calming.
Were breed to be slaves. Some of us wake up from that and realize we alone are responsible for what our lives shall be. Will it be hell or will it be heaven?
„God is dead“ is a prayer to each and everyone to live up to their own moral beliefs - defined independently - instead of simply following/quoting somebody elses word. It’s also the ultimate insult to all hypocrites.
Lol. You're a fool if you think you can make up your own moral code. People like you and Sam Harris are the problem and don't realize how wrong you are.
'Wrong or right', in other words 'morals', it doesn't come from any imaginary friend from the sky neither from any superstitious entity. Morals are a byproduct of having high intelligence, it is a mentality of treating others the same way you wanted to get treated. For example if you hurt others (wrong) you are gonna get hurt back; but if you are kind (right)to others, you will be treated back kindly by others. its simple, cults makes it complex.
@@biblecomics8550 Can you prove that is the origin of morality? It seems like a worthwhile hypothesis, but I feel like it's littered with holes.
@@biblecomics8550 wrong. Intelligence has no bearings on morals. You serious? Read a f'ing history book
@@biblecomics8550 morality and the concept of right and wrong isn't bound by time, cultural values or one's intelligence. It transcends all these things. It is divine. That may hurt your little athiest brain. If it does, go watch more Sam Harris videos.
6:00 Nietzsche was born in 1884
How he wrote something in 1882 0:07
If he was born in 1884, he would be only 16 years old when he died, and probably the most productive teenager ever.
Thank God I'm a Muslim and I believe in Allah who is 'Al Hayy" which means the 'Ever-living'.
Also I like how he made it clear that when people left religion, they still had to enslave themselves to someone or something.
Nice video.
You are right, we have to serve someone or something. Have you ever heard Bob Dylan's song, You Gotta Serve Somebody?
I would rather not use the word "enslave" though. A person has to follow an ideology, to give purpose. If you keep your thought process clear and analytical, nothing can enslave you mentally.
*Insert Irony*
@@jayantasen2406 he meant submit, and trust for our need. Like religius people submit to God socilaist submit to man made corrupt states. Even if they remove the God from equation they have to put someone there to play that role, the question is, what's the point of removing God then?
@@codewithmeer taking the charge in their own hands - that's the difference. Relying too much on God and His providence results in the citizens blaming everything on His planning without the urge to change it themselves.
just watched the above video. must confess, I have never actually read Nietzsche; thought him to be a radical, crazy atheist. I am a bit shocked. those view points are exactly the way I see things. My world-view.
I have an issue with the video and it's the characterisation that the politics of hope (socialism) is about avoiding the painful truths of life when instead it sees the pain caused by an unjust and exploitative system and addressing the root cause by asking why there is pain to begin with. Pain exists to tell us what not to do again and if you're in chronic pain then it is a disability. If this is the case for people then it's not a big leap to use the same framework to analyse systems. Religion asks us to do nothing as paradise is there to those who wait and sacrifice ourselves to the meat grinder while socialism tells us that a better world can exist if we fight for it
5:59 Nietzsche wasn't born in 1884.
Yea 1844
Very interesting, we are waiting for the part two💝♥️🌸😍
Without allies the only problem is all your courage does not mean a thing when those around you say "nuh uh" and "you can't prove that you are not a witch."
2:30 I'm pretty sure he becomes Batman
😂
5:41
More nuance is needed here. There are different types of bravery. One man may have the courage to look a tiger in the eye, but still feel guilty if he takes advantage of someone.
It's pretty annoying trying to talk with hard-core Christians. It's always "because the Bible says." And I'm like, okay... why does the Bible say that? And mostly the answer always inevitably circles back to "because the Bible says so."
Reader, if you want a cool thing to do, next time you do anything, I want you to pay very close attention to everything and anything you do. To the steps you walk, the words you say, the words on the book in the corner of your vision, unconventional observations you make, do not dismiss anything, and pay deep and honest attention to everything (Carry around a journal, if that's your thing.) Do not let your mind wander with thoughts, and always trust that feeling of intuition you have deep down. How long you want to do it is up to you, but I would recommend a couple of days or longer.
Do this correctly, and you'll have the potential to go down one of the best and deepest rabbit holes you'll ever encounter (this chance increases with the amount of days and how much attention you put in.) You may even see how this comment relates to this video.
Don't accept intermediary, you can access God directly from your heart.
Don't say stuff like that, I've seen a lot of christains take that kind of "advice" literally
no offence but this video is on philosophy, if you do not agree with anything on what the video says, you can move out and not comment here. simple as that
Humanity wasn't (and still isn't!) ready for Nietzsche...
Anyone who believes in a religion should be allowed to do so, but so should others that do not believe in any. Both should live how they want , However I do not think it's about lack of religion that's bringing the world down it's about how good is your heart, how you lead your life, your values.
Nietzche philosophy changed a lot throught his life, i think its important to mention at which stage of his life these ideas are from. he criticised and denounced some of his early work as he became the hammer.
He very much detested his idea of "amor fati" later on in his life, which I find funny, but when you get into why, then it's incredibly understandable.
I like your videos but sourcing Stephen Hicks and Ayn Rand are a turn in the wrong direction.
Thanks!
Thank you! Keep learning :)
To the *worthwhile person* seeing this, your dream is not dead. Don’t allow the past and current pains and hurts stop and define you. You’re more than a conqueror. Rise up and put yourself together. Keep pushing your future depends on it. I wish you all the best in life ❤️.
Abraham Religion is biggest Cap .. Which base is " if you don't worship me you will go hell "
God never force their child to Worship him or believe him with threatening to go hell if not ...
*5 things to quit right now:*
*1. Overthinking*
*2. Trying to make everyone happy*
*3. Living in the past*
*4. Worrying*
*5. Doubting yourself*
6. Not being on the grind
Thinking is never a bad thing.
he abandoned state and church and looked into the abyss,and went insane doing so. Gave up democracy,gave up God,gave up socialism.He had nothing left!
Now this was something I wasn't expecting to be on this channel, cheers. LOL
A nice video, but this is not what Nietzsche meant when he wrote "God is dead.".
God didn't die in the 19th century, but at the very beginning of the Christian religion. It was the founder of the new religion Paul the Apostle who misinterpreted Jesus (on purpose) and made the people believe what Paulus intended.
For Nietzsche the historic Jesus was a rolemodel for an Übermensch (Overhuman), as he didn't care about laws and he had a self-determined life and self-determined death. Paulus on the other hand focused on the other (for Nietzsche: opposite) habits: being selfless, helping the poor and the weak.
So, as Paulus twisted the request of god and made everyone believe his version, the actual god does not exist anymore. We, as we believed in the words of Paulus and try to become selfless, deny gods request of becoming self-determined (or even selfish) and thus kill him.
Danke. Very insightful 🙏
I can agree with him now that his philosophy is properly explained.
In this chapter, Nietzsche asserts that God is dead without evidence, perpetuates the myth that science and religion are in opposition and fundamentally misunderstands Christianity.
Very interesting. In my humble opinion though, God is not dead.
5:57 Nietzsche was actually born in 1844
Hmm. 'Where are the men of courage... who can look at the tiger in the eye without flinching?' Nietzsche creates his own fantasy world (in reality, no human can look a tiger in the eye without flinching, except in a zoo of course) to replace what he (and many who surfed the waves of the time he was living) thought was a an already debunked fantasy (largely due to chronological snobbery), ie., the Judeo-Christian faith. Interestingly, the Faith is still alive and well (and in some place even thriving) until today.
Actually, lion-tamers, stage magicians and hunters face tigers all the time. Widespread religions do not prove their deities exist. That would require giant corpses and people driving flaming chariots across the sky and zapping unbelievers and potty-mouthed comedians and "gangsta "rappers with lightning, like the above dead giants. Pilots and astronauts would see the above charioteers, winged humanoids and castles on clouds. An early Soviet cosmonaut saw no Heaven in space. Oilfield workers, miners, etc. would frequently meet fairy tale dwarves, demons and ghosts in various netherworlds underground.
@@darlalathan6143 'lion-tamer...' ? Lol! Do u really think Nietzsche was referring to these when he penned those words?! You're joking right? Nietzsche was not shy of wishing his own fantasies like the coming of the ubermench, this man that stands above all boundaries and limits of culture, religion, and values and is driven only by his will to power. Fantasy. As for the rest of your nonsensical rant, I'll let them pass. Pointless to go down that level.
@@zgobermn6895 it’s an analogy. Admittedly his comment was hard to understand though
Am I the only one hearing the error? Born in 1884 and wrote the book in 1882??
Islam never gets old. It will remain till the judgement day.
Inshallah
I’ve been educating my sons without religion in their lives, they see it as something some people do and that is the end of it. They are not without guidance or orphaned as Nietzsche suggests.
What do you teach them is the basis for the existence of objective morality? Or do you teach them that objective morals don't exist? Or do you leave it as an open question? Genuinely asking.
@@OptimusNiaahink about how a decision or action affects yourself and others? What does morals have to do with religion?
Edit: Moral definition: "A person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do."
Well that was a comically oversimplified interpretation of Nietzsche, Christianity, and Socialism to the point of making him sound like Ayn Rand or something.
What is the music at the beginning?
I do not have to face a world without God, because He is always with me. The decisions made by others to reject Him have no effect on my relationship with Him.
Ever wondered,
"Who made us?"
"Where did we come from?",
"Where are we going to go?",
"What does this world hold for us?",
" Why were we even born?"
These are the questions that plague our minds when we're upset.
Obviously we were made by someone, we didn't come out from somewhere, even the monkeys that scientists call as our so called "ancestors" had to come from somewhere!
Even the microorganisms, the plants, the animals, the mountainous, the sky, the planets, the earth, the galaxies, the black hole & the universe had to come from somewhere!!!
WHO CREATED THIS ALL???
There has to be someone who created all these things. And it has to be a super natural being. We call this super natural being as "GOD". Yes, GOD CREATED EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS!
Almighty God is the creator & sustainer of the universe. Who is similar to nothing & nothing is comparable to him. God is nothing like a human being or like anything that we can imagine. And he is the only ONE worthy of worship.
There is NO picture, statue, photograph, idol, or painting of Almighty God. No one has ever actually seen God(at least not in this lifetime). So this gives us NO right to worship anything/anyone other than him. In the Qur'an, God tells mankind what he is and what he is not.
Almighty God says in Qur'an:
" Say, he is Allah(God), the one and only"
"Allah(God), the eternal the absolute"
"He neither begets nor is he born"
"And there is none equivalent to him"
Qur'an (30:112)
These verses are called the touchstone of Theology. So if anyone says 'this is God', you first check it up with these four verses whether actually he is God or not. If it passes the above conditions, then you agree he is Almighty God. But if it does not passes the conditions, then you cannot call him God at all. In order to worship the Almighty, we have to know him well otherwise we may from a distorted concept of him and then go astray.
After having belief in God. Now we have to understand why have we been created.
Everyone would acknowledge that our body parts, such as, our eyes, ears, brains & hearts have a purpose. Wouldn't it then make sense that the individual, as a whole, also has a purpose?
Almighty God, the all wise, did not create us to simply wander aimlessly or to only fulfil our basic instincts & desires. Rather we have a higher purpose - to acknowledge & worship God alone, so that we live upon the guidance of our creator.
Almighty God says in Qur'an:
"Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?"
Qur'an (75:36)
In order to convey the purpose of man's existence to humans, God sent many prophets/messengers(peace be upon them all) from amongst the mankind to invite people to his religion. To give good tidings to the believers & to give warning of severe punishment to the non believers.
From prophet Adam to Noah, from Abraham to Issac, from Moses to David, from Jesus to Muhammad. All the prophets(peace be upon them all) came with the same message, the message to worship Allah(God) alone & not to worship others besides him.
God says in his final revelation:
"Surely this Islam is your religion, one religion only, and I am your Lord, therefore serve me"
Qur'an(21:92).
Almighty God also says:
"He(God) has ordained for you of religion what he enjoined upon Noah and that which we have revealed to you,(O Muhammad), and what we enjoined upon Abraham and Moses and Jesus -to establish the religion and not be divided therein. Difficult for those who associate others with Allah(God) is that to which you invite them. Allah(God) chooses for himself whom he wills and guides to himself whoever turns back(to him)"
Qur'an (42:13)
God says:
"Say, 'we believe in God and what he has revealed to us and to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, and their descendants, and what was revealed to Moses, Jesus and the prophets from their Lord, we make no distinction among them and to God we have submitted ourselves."
Qur'an (2:136)
Hence the purpose of life is to believe in the Almighty God & to worship him alone without associating any partners with him. To believe in all of his prophets(peace be upon them all) and to submit to the commands of God.
This life is a test for each individual for the life after death. A day will come when the whole universe will be destroyed and the dead will be resurrected for judgement by God. This day will be the beginning of a life that will never end. This is the DAY OF JUDGEMENT. On that day all people will be rewarded by God according to their beliefs & deeds. Those who die while believing that "There is no true God but Allah(God), and Muhammad is the messenger of God" and are Muslim will be admitted to paradise, forever, as God says,
"And those who believe and do good deeds, they are dwellers of paradise, they will dwell therein forever"
Qur'an(2:82)
But those who die while not believing that "There is no true God but Allah(God), and Muhammad is the messenger of God" or who are not Muslim will be sent to hellfire, as God says,
"And whoever seeks a religion other than islam, it will not be accepted from him and he will be one of the losers in the Hereafter.
Qur'an(3:85)
God also says:
"Those who have disbelieved and died in disbelief, the earth full of gold would not be accepted from any of them if it were offered as ransom. They will have a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers"
Qur'an (3:91)
One may ask, "I think Islam is a good religion, but if I were to convert to islam, my family, my friends, and other people would persecute me and make fun of me. So if I do not convert to Islam, will I enter paradise and be saved from Hellfire?"
The answer is what God has said in the preceding verse, "And whoever seeks a religion other than islam, it will not be accepted from him and he will be one of the losers in the hereafter"
After having sent the prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him) to call people to Islam, God does not accept adherence to any religion other than islam. Because it is the only true religion of Almighty God. God is our creator & sustainer. He created for us whatever is in the earth. All the blessings and good things we have are from him. So after all this, when someone rejects belief in God, his prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him), or his religion of Islam, it is just that he/she be punished in the hereafter.
So this is the truth. The absolute truth from Almighty God. Therefore know that we are here on this planet because the Almighty has created us. It is our responsibility to recognize him, believe in him & obey him.
Therefore I invite all of you to Islam. The religion of God. The religion of truth. Learn about it if you are in doubt but do not remain ignorant. For indeed there is a purpose of this life & that purpose is to recognize our creator & worship him alone without joining any partners with him.
You deserve to know the truth. So find out the truth of your existence today. Verily, if you sincerely seek the Almighty, he will surely guide you to Him in sha Allah.
Cool story bro
You have got the right idea, but it seems like the wrong conclusion.
Mohammed said he was the god of the universe down was over all revelation, and even said Jesus was born of a virgin and did miracles Bible says.
Mohammed even said to let the people of the book be judged by the book, the Bible.
The Bible we have today is the same Bible that was being preached when Muhammad was alive.
Now Muslims say that the Bible was corrupted. Is Allah too weak to preserve the words of the Bible?
Did Mohamed not know what was really in the Bible?
God’s best on our quest for absolute truth
Well, this is from 'The Parable of the Madman', which has much more to say. Here is part of what he wrote...
Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly: "I seek God! I seek God!" -- As many of those who did not believe in God were standing around just then, he provoked much laughter. Has he got lost? asked one. Did he lose his way like a child? asked another. Or is he hiding? Is he afraid of us? Has he gone on a voyage? emigrated? -- Thus they yelled and laughed.
The madman jumped into their midst and pierced them with his eyes. "Whither is God?" he cried; "I will tell you. We have killed him -- you and I. All of us are his murderers. But how did we do this? How could we drink up the sea? Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon? What were we doing when we unchained this earth from its sun? Whither is it moving now? Whither are we moving? Away from all suns? Are we not plunging continually? Backward, sideward, forward, in all directions? Is there still any up or down? Are we not straying, as through an infinite nothing? Do we not feel the breath of empty space? Has it not become colder? Is not night continually closing in on us? Do we not need to light lanterns in the morning? Do we hear nothing as yet of the noise of the gravediggers who are burying God? Do we smell nothing as yet of the divine decomposition? Gods, too, decompose. God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.
"How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it? There has never been a greater deed; and whoever is born after us -- for the sake of this deed he will belong to a higher history than all history hitherto."
The point isn't necessarily how this video appears to interpret it. The entire section of his book is much more expansive than this and much more powerful. It is not an epitaph for God, certainly. It is so much more. The point isn't so much that God is dead - or not - that is not provable either way and Nietzsche was smart enough to know that.
The point is, now that you've gone and killed him in your mind and heart, what will you elevate in his place? What will be the inevitable outcome? Do yourself a favor; find and read the entire parable.
Interesting! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Why must there be a space that needs to be filled. I was a believer at one time, and now I am not. There was no void created in the process.
@@benjamintrevino325 The parable discusses the collective you, not you as an individual. His point was that if you've killed God, surely there is nothing you can't do then. You can drink up the seas, unmoor the Earth.
Look around at the world, and see what people have substituted for God. The result is not good. The act of killing God from culture has been the removal of the archetype of the unblemished exemplar from our focus. That space is now filled by other things. Some of those things are quite corrosive to a culture if they are at the focus of our lives. Money. Sex. Power. Control over others. You get to see how this plays out every day.
I think that Nietsche was making a point; God has been with us since the beginning - whether real or not. In an objective sense, you can never know. The unknowable is unknowable, and trying to prove or disprove God is pointless. You may as well go play with a nut.
That said, the subjective experience was that God was most definitely real - look at how people live when they try to follow God's principles. Sure, lots of people make money off of religion and some religions do or have done horrific things - but that's human evil. It exists everywhere, even within organizations that do actual good. Having the image of the unblemished exemplar in your focus while you live life reduces the tendency towards evil, albeit imperfectly.
Take the alternative - place evil at that focus. You do the math.
@@misterdudemanguy9771no, while I am free to do as I will, I am not free from the consequences. There are things that are productive and things that are not productive both for me as an individual and society as a collective. I try to do that which is productive and don't need a god to see that.
@@benjamintrevino325 Awesome. Sounds like you have no real need of philosophy then.
That's really for people who don't have all the answers.
Tell me, what do you do when the best interests of the self run counter to that of the collective? Because, really, the collective is only an abstraction used to imperfectly describe a set of individuals. And those individuals are different.
“There was only one Christian, and he died on the cross “ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Wow great video thanks I can't wait for part 2👍💯👏
Nietzsche had the remains of several meals in his mustache.
"God's only excuse is that he doesn't exist"
Nietzsche
He does :)
@@Psalm23vn enslaved and indoctrinated by religion
@@eelore7136 It's actually the opposite. I'm set free by the truth.
@@eelore7136 enslaved and indoctrinated by liberalism
He wears a bat suit to answer your question about the boy who becomes an overnight orphan.
“The more we learn, the less we know.”
- i forgot, but question,
Do we enjoy religion as a safety net for our fears of death? Or do we want religion, because we hope there’s more pleasure (and no pain) after death? I get it. We don’t like the idea of not knowing, yet, but I can tell this journey of knowledge is going to go so far that we actually lose knowledge of what truly “matters.”
Why should religion be a cure for fear of death, it seems to me that most Gods are very picky about who gets to go to paradise. Fear of death is fear of nothing, so there is nothing to fear. ;)
When you grow up, you don’t need parents anymore. We humans have grown up. We are no longer ignorant and stupid as we were. There is no need to worship something that is not there. We know the mechanism and we have solutions. Maybe the more appropriate way should be “god is not needed” instead of “god is dead”
I became an atheist when I was 10 because I realized some people are clueless and dam others for minute things while doing immoral things so I chose the path of Love instead until I get maimed or killed by a nefarious soul I’ll keep on giving and protecting those who path I cross
And why do you do this? Why did you choose the path of "love"?
@@shamusson Social instincts.
@@darlalathan6143 So it is based on a feeling?
How can God die when he created death in the first place
He is the ever living,he is eternal,has no beginning or end and is not overtaken by neither sleep nor slumber.
Why would god create death? Not very loving
@@chelseashamim9148 death is not evil
God IS NOT Dead❤️ Praise to the King of Kings… Time will tell and you will see. *Romans 14:11 Every Knee shall bow under the Almighty.*
LONG LIVE CHRIST THE KING
Great videos! But please, do correct the error regarding his date of birth. 1884 is 40 years off 😖
I think I need to learn more about Nietzsche to have an adequate opinion, but based on this video alone, I'm not sure he understood the concept of christianity (not to mention buddhism, the nation of islam, and more) as not all religions are made the same.
Absolutely! He was very close to his father who was a very intelligent and talented man until Nietzsche was two and his father became gravely ill (thought to be a brain tumor). After which Nietzsche was perplexed at how his father could go from being so intelligent, caring and engaging to a brutal disciplinarian who no longer enjoyed the young Nietzsche's company. After his father died eleven years after the disease's onset, he was left in an all female household consisting of his mother, grandmother, sister and two aunts that all espoused strict adherence to Christian values yet showed absolutely none toward him. He was severely punished for voicing his disapproval of the abusive treatment he received from his ill father and the women of the household so he hid all that trauma inside, only sometimes venting in a diary he kept. Holding in all that abuse he received from the people who were suppose to cherish and care for him, he became a sickly child. It wasnt until his adulthood that he was free enough from authority that he could vent his anger toward that authority (his father) and Christian hypocrisy (the adult women of the house, especially his mother) in his philosophical writings. Basically his writings were displaced anger toward his abusive caregivers and placed it on society and Christianity.
The German psychoanalyst Alice Miller has a chapter devoted to Nietzsche in her book, "The Untouched Key tracing childhood trauma in Creativity and destructiveness". It is a good read and a good place to start if you want to find out more about what motivated Nietzsche's philosophical views.
@@elonever.2.071 Thanks!
@@elonever.2.071 Gotta love Alice Miller, but this idea about childhood trauma being the source of people's lack of belief in Christianity (or the source of their gayness) is getting old. How about the idea that the source of all this rejection of Christianity (and religion in general) being the fact that it's all lies?
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The same is true with Darwin's theory. The basis for his observations were sound, but that too got extrapolated into absurdity. Power, control and money has bastardized both.
In your opening segment you seem to intentionally frame atheism as bad by multiple means especially fading the shirt as she strays from religion people would be hated on the internet for doing the reverse
Great video about life and philosophy
Thank you!
Nice presentation