If you claim God is dead does this maen you believe in God ?
Does this make you a Christian or not
2007-11-25 00:54:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In the case of the most famous declaration, "God is Dead!" by Nietzsche, no. He did not believe in God by the time he penned those words. He meant that the idea of God was becoming impossible because of a combination of science, theology (picking apart the mystery) and our human will to truth that won't be satisfied with answers that begin to feel like lies.
On the other hand, some people do become atheists (or at least agnostics) because they felt betrayed or let down by their deity. If their transition was an angry one, I could see them saying "God is dead," when the emotional side of them is torn between belief and unbelief.
2007-11-25 01:37:41 · answer #1 · answered by K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its more likely that its a statement on the status of the idea of God, Christianity, or religion in general.
2007-11-25 09:01:17 · answer #2 · answered by Marissa: Worker of Iniquity 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Disco is dead". Does this mean I believed in "disco"?
Saying this can be a metaphor that people in general just don't believe in God as much as they used to. Also, not believing in God definitely doesn't make you a Christian.
2007-11-25 09:07:10 · answer #3 · answered by Paul Hxyz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's more of a statement on society. The term could also mean that all hope is lost or we are all screwed.
Don't know if it makes one a Christian or not. I suppose anyone could say it.
2007-11-25 08:59:50 · answer #4 · answered by lilly 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What never lived cannot be dead.
Most people who use the phrase use it in a literary context, as in the need for a god is dead.
2007-11-25 08:58:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
yes. the statement of god being dead implies a belief in the existence of god, past or present.
2007-11-25 09:05:09 · answer #6 · answered by saturndescends 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is the concept of God in the Bible that is pretty dead...!!!
2007-11-25 09:06:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It simply means they read a little Nietzsche in college and have no idea what it means.
2007-11-25 09:20:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They used to.
It means they're no longer christians.
2007-11-25 09:00:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Something can not die if it were never born.
To bring something to birth is to invent something.
God was invented by...
You guessed it!
> Man <
2007-11-25 09:29:09 · answer #10 · answered by Andre 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋