Is Nietzche Making Fun of Me?
Dear God,
I was reading Nietzche this afternoon, and he said that if gods existed he couldn’t bear not to be a god, so therefore gods do not exist. At first I thought he was crazy, which is a convenient thing to think if you disagree with someone. Then I thought about one of the reasons I believe in You. I just couldn’t bear to live in a world in which You didn’t exist. So now I think maybe Nietzche wasn’t really putting forth what you might call the narcissistic argument against Your existence. Maybe he’s making fun of the idea that because you can’t bear to imagine something not being true, that automatically makes it true. Now that I think about it, my own inability to bear something emotionally doesn’t really change things out in the world, does it? So what’s up God? Is Nietzche making fun of me? And is he right?
-Caroline
Dear Caroline,
Nietzche’s crazy.
-God
March 19, 2009 at 6:59 pmSpankyZeHam
“Nietzche’s crazy”
The almighty Wiki agrees:
“In 1889 he exhibited symptoms of insanity, living out his remaining years in the care of his mother and sister until his death in 1900.”
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March 21, 2009 at 10:42 amGod
Precisely, Spanky. Nietzche is crazy, therefore one’s inability to emotionally endure the non-existence of a thing is proof of the existence of that thing.
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