tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post4399218209711646164..comments2023-11-03T07:07:55.456-05:00Comments on CoPhilosophy: Rudolf BultmannPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-11746491216643015932016-04-29T12:53:21.425-05:002016-04-29T12:53:21.425-05:00"just a bunch of people whose only goal in li..."just a bunch of people whose only goal in life is to kill the belief of others" - there may be a few atheists who fit this description, though I've not met them. It's definitely not true of Nietzsche, who said "A yes, a no, a straight line, a goal is the formula of our happiness."Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-25362671333448929722016-04-29T09:20:45.676-05:002016-04-29T09:20:45.676-05:004/29/16
Austin Tanner Davis
Professor James Oliver...4/29/16<br />Austin Tanner Davis<br />Professor James Oliver<br />Section 6<br />Nietzsche: The Death of God<br /><br /><br /> This philosopher is really well known for writing the words “God is dead” in many of his works, which often gives some people the impression that he in an atheist while it gives others the inclination that perhaps he understands divine nature more than anyone else. The Abrahamic God has recently been killed due to a rise in what we know about modern science. The death of God may lead beyond bare perspectivism to outright nihilism. Here he states that the Christian moral doctrine provides people with intrinsic value, belief in God, and objective knowledge As Heidegger states "If God as the suprasensory ground and goal of all reality is dead, if the suprasensory world of the ideas has suffered the loss of its obligatory and above it its vitalizing and upbuilding power, then nothing more remains to which man can cling and by which he can orient himself."<br /><br />Nietzsche calls passive nihilism, which he recognises in the pessimistic philosophy as the “loss of meaning”. Nietzsche characterises this idea as a "will to nothingness", whereby life turns away from itself, as there is nothing of value to be found in the world. “This moving away of all value in the world is characteristic of the nihilist, although in this, the nihilist appears to be inconsistent”A nihilist is a man who judges that the real world ought not to be, and that the world as it ought to be does not exist. According to this view, our existence has no meaning: <br />Nietzsche approaches the problem of nihilism personally, stating that this problem of the modern world is a problem that has "become conscious" in him. "I praise, I do not reproach, [nihilism's] arrival. I believe it is one of the greatest crises, a moment of the deepest self-reflection of humanity. Whether man recovers from it, whether he becomes master of this crisis, is a question of his strength!"[145] According to Nietzsche, it is only when nihilism is overcome that a culture can have a truly grow. He wished to prepare for its coming as well as its departure. Heidegger interprets the death of God with what he explains as the death of metaphysics. He concludes that metaphysics has reached its potential and that the ultimate fate and downfall of metaphysics was proclaimed with the statement God is dead. I chose this philosopher and his ideology because I think it is very interesting. He brings up many good points on the subject of God being dead. As an avid Christ follower, I always find subjects like this interesting because it’s just a bunch of people whose only goal in life is to kill the belief of others. This philosopher understands that killing this belief leads to the loss of meaning and a lot of people would lose their sense of purpose in life. (Sorry, I had to write this in the comments. I am unable to post anything as an author)<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09248395257248966371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-23523761376993364882016-04-29T01:08:12.942-05:002016-04-29T01:08:12.942-05:00http://cophilosophy.blogspot.com/2016/04/god-is-de...http://cophilosophy.blogspot.com/2016/04/god-is-dead-friedrich-nietzsche.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00892644202254094567noreply@blogger.com