.com/courses/23f-introduction-to-humanities to Humanities - 05 > Assignments > "God is dead" Page 1 A Nietzsche and "the death of god" 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? Nietzsche, The Gay Science, Section 125 What do you think this strange passage from the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsclic is about? When he writes that "God is dead." do you think he means it literally? (You're not being marked on how accurate your answer is, so please try to respond to this on your own without Googling it.)