01-07-2007, 08:11 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 349
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From Yariv's first link:
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New possibilities
Nietzsche believed there could be positive possibilities for humans without God. Relinquishing the belief in God opens the way for human's creative abilities to fully develop. The Christian God, with his arbitrary commands and prohibitions, would no longer stand in the way, so human beings might stop turning their eyes toward a supernatural realm and begin to acknowledge the value of this world. The recognition that "God is dead" would be like a blank canvas. It is a freedom to become something new, different, creative a freedom to be something without being forced to accept the baggage of the past.
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