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"God is dead" (German: "Gott ist tot" (help·info); also known as the death of God) is a widely-quoted statement by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. It first appears in The Gay Science (German: Die fröhliche Wissenschaft), in sections 108 (New Struggles), 125 (The Madman), and for a third time in section 343 (The Meaning of our Cheerfulness). It is also found in Nietzsche's classic work Thus Spoke Zarathustra (German: Also sprach Zarathustra), which is most responsible for popularizing the phrase. The idea is stated in "The Madman" as follows:
The cover of the April 8, 1966 edition of Time asked the question "Is God Dead," and the accompanying article addressed growing atheism in America at the time. At the time, a movement called "death of God" was arising in American theology.[citation needed] The death of God movement is sometimes technically referred to as "theothanatology." (In Greek, Theos means God and Thanatos means death.)
The main proponents of this theology included the Christian theologians Gabriel Vahanian, Paul Van Buren, William Hamilton, John A.T. Robinson, Thomas J. J. Altizer, John D. Caputo, and the rabbi Richard L. Rubenstein.
God is dead.
I’m through seeking answers.
I’ve had it up to my neck.
All my life been stabbed.
in the mother fucking back.
Misled by Belial, way up above.
I spit on the ruins of what my life became.
God is dead.
Nice daily rituals, blood on your hands, killing time.
A dope friend son whose mother does nothing
but snorting white shit up her plastic nose.
Sell the house, kill the kids.
Tell Satan I’m on my way home.
I’ll keep on killing in the name of liberty.
I’ll keep on killing in the name of liberty,
through the Promised Land.
Never coming back.
Your God is dead.
I’m through seeking answers. I’ve had it up to my neck.
All my life been stabbed in the mother fucking back.
Misled by Belial, way up above.
I spit on the ruins of what my life became.
Walk into the tomb where purgatory awaits.
Sodomy, this lord I penetrate.
We’re all chasing dragons is the name of God.
Six, six, six. / God is dead.
God is dead.
No more the scapegoat, evil is transformed.
I rape the sluts and kill the pigs.
Show the masses what I’m worth.
I beg for pain, evil done.
God is dead.
God is dead.