I just have to rant a little bit. Ive been seeing a lot of people talking about this new movie, God Is Not Dead, which is a response to the famous (or infamous) philosophy Nietzsche proposed almost 150 years ago. I would like to point out that those of you saying Amen to this movie should probably read what the actual quote itself comes from and consider the meaning and context of the quote. For your convenience, I copied and pasted it here, my comments follow: THE MADMAN 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. Here the madman fell silent and looked again at his listeners; and they, too, were silent and stared at him in astonishment. At last he threw his lantern on the ground, and it broke into pieces and went out. I have come too early, he said then; my time is not yet. This tremendous event is still on its way, still wandering; it has not yet reached the ears of men. Lightning and thunder require time; the light of the stars requires time; deeds, though done, still require time to be seen and heard. This deed is still more distant from them than most distant stars -- and yet they have done it themselves. It has been related further that on the same day the madman forced his way into several churches and there struck up his requiem aeternam deo. Led out and called to account, he is said always to have replied nothing but: What after all are these churches now if they are not the tombs and sepulchers of God? My commentary: First of all, let me remind you that I am not religious, I do not believe in God, so this commentary is not for my own sake, but to help you understand the parable. Now, if you actually READ this parable, it is not saying that God is dead as he should be. On the contrary, the madman makes a point of stating that the people have killed God and that it is going to or has already started to cause chaos. The statement this parable makes is the exact opposite of what everyone has been babbling about on here. It comes down to a simple statement of observation: Fewer people believe in God; Religion is morality; People no longer have morality. Do I agree with this? Absolutely not. I believe that people are good because they want to be and that people generally dont intend to be bad. However, if you have spent even one breath praising the God Is Not Dead movie, please consider reading the actual work that sparked all of this stupid controversy. The movie literally agrees with Nietzsches philosophy, especially this parable, and has not even bothered to address the fact that the villainous atheist philosophy professor would not reasonably demand his students to sign off that God is dead. (They have also not even bothered to make him a believable character, according to what I have read about the critical responses.) So, now that I have so generously defended God, Christianity, and Nietzsche, please stop posting about how amazing you think this movie is going to be, especially if you believe it is amazing because it tears down that horrid atheist philosopher. Come on, people. At least do a little bit of googling before you slam someone. He was on your own freaking side!
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 12:50:05 +0000
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