Mike Dryden, Andrew Brady, Andrew Danter, Tim Cooney, Adam Clark
Theology III
November 19, 2008
“God is dead.”
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Preliminary Info:
Practical atheist → someone who says they belong to a religion, but never discuss it, practice its teachings or customs, and do not have the same moral directions/guidelines as his or her religion.
Positive atheist → Make up their minds that God does not exist, and keep this view as part of their personalities; they see religion as a roadblock to human progress (intellectually).
Personal Info:
1. German philosopher
2. Positive atheist
3. Nihilist
Key Ideas
1. Relative morality →; Everything is constantly changing, so “people can decide for themselves what is good and bad” (RB); what is good/bad now might not have been the same in the past, nor is it guaranteed to be the same in the future. -------NOT-----→ objective morality: (what is wrong now is always wrong, and what is right now is always right).
2. Will to Power →; The primal instinct that drives us to be as powerful as we can be (power = strength of mind and body).
3. Superman (Ubermensch) →;Person with extreme will to power; tries to make the world in his image, thinks his image/ideas are the best; attempts to conquer the masses. Examples: Julius Caesar (military), Socrates (philosophical).
4. Slave morality →; Accepting weakness and believing that being weak makes them powerful; they ignore their will to power and never achieve anything great like a Superman. Nietzsche condemned the Jews for having this morality, and believed that it corrupted Christian values (Jesus was a Jew).
Stanford Article about Nietzsche
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