Nietzsche is Dead: Proof of God

By Rich Sender

"God is dead," said Nietzsche, famously. How do you prove God's existence without religion? How do you prove God's existence with only science and logic?

Rich Sender endeavors to answer this age old philosophical conundrum once and for all. The explanation in Nietzsche is Dead: Proof of God is simple, and complete. There is no religion quoted in this book. In fact, this is a philosophical and logical examination of what can be proven.

Once God's existence is proven in Nietzsche is Dead: Proof of God, Mr. Sender then extrapolates the logic to provide answers for all of life in a way that we can all live harmoniously with the knowledge that God exists.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rich Sender
• Release date: Oct 30, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310586293

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Preface

I am not a saint. I am not a prophet. I am no one of consequence. I do not wish to gain fame or fortune from writing this book. I think that my opinions are no more important than anyone else’s (well, ok, I think my opinions are more important, I am human).

I just want to say these things before you read anything else. I have written this book because I think these ideas are important for mankind. Whether people agree with me or disagree, I think it is important to be said. 

I do not think this text should be used for anything more than a starting place for introspective thought. I do not think this text should be used as an addendum to religion. Nor do I think this text should become its own religion. 

My wish is for this book to merely be a truck stop on the highway of your life. It may be the place where you humble yourself enough to ask directions, or it may be the truck stop where you grab lunch and continue on. Either way, in whatever capacity, it will be the starting point of the rest of your journey, if only briefly.

This book is short. I could have made it much longer. At first I outlined a book that would be well over 1,000 pages. There were going to be sections refuting the current proofs of God, and refuting the current arguments against the existence of God. There were going to be sections talking about what’s wrong with religion, and what religion should really be. It was going to turn over every stone, and redraw the entire world we live in.

Maybe in future books.

I decided to scrap all of that, because it seemed like it would be too boring to read. I was only trudging along writing it, so who would be excited to read it? Only professors, likely. Only people who would read it out of academic necessity, and then scoff at my ideas from behind their thick closed skulls. 

I realized that you, my reader, are most interested in the Proof of God. Well, this section is one of the shortest, because my Proof of God is really quite simple. So I have drawn a box around that section on the table of contents to make it easier to find. Flip to it first if you like.

All I have included here are the few things that I have found necessary to submit my Proof of God to the world. I have tried to edit out all unnecessary text and arguments.

First, I present you with the reasons that I feel it is important that this book exist at all. With this knowledge, perhaps you will feel a greater impetus to retain and explore the knowledge contained in this book.

Next I talk about the importance of truly learning and desiring to learn, embracing change and questioning everything. I feel this section is necessary to accept my Proof of God in the correct light. It is by far the longest section, and may help people in many ways after reading it. I could have made this section its own book completely.

Book 3 holds my Proof of God. It is explained simply and should be easily understood, and easy to tell to others.

The next section has a few ideas of my own, extrapolated from my Proof of God. This section is the most philosophical, since it is mostly based on opinion and observation. It is included merely to give you the idea of the ramifications of my Proof of God for the world, and to get you thinking about what might be possible with my Proof of God.

Finally, the last section is a brief commentary on my personal opinion about religion, in all its forms. This is not a religious book, though it may be used in that way. This is why this section must be included.

I do not intend to give anyone power through my words. In fact, I intend to take power from everyone who uses their religious knowledge to control others. Our opinions should be our own, and should be wrought from our own minds. They should be forged deep within our chest first, and be strong like feathered steel. Any opinions that then enter our ears are then only a whisper on the wind.

It disturbs me how many people just quickly accept others’ opinions as their own, or even worse, as fact. People have become lazy enough to simply accept reality as it is fed to them by the media. This has reached epidemic proportions. It is one of a few of the greatest things affecting our culture today.

Another thing affecting our culture negatively, and in my opinion one of the greatest problems with society, is an utter lack of personal responsibility. People expect that they deserve something for just existing. These people feel that they are special just because they breathe, with no feeling that they have to produce anything. It is a gimme attitude. It disgusts me.

These two problems are two main reasons that I felt the need to write this book. While I cannot tell anyone else how to behave, and how to live their life, I hope that I can inspire people to become more.

I hope that reading this book will inspire people to become great for their own sake. I have included many of my favorite quotations from the world’s greatest thinkers to help along this path, and towards this goal. 

If we could all take responsibility for ourselves, and adhere to basic moral standards, then government would hardly be necessary, but as a means to communicate and trade between countries. In any case, it is a nice dream to realize that someday this could be the case. It would be a proud future.

Jacques Cousteau said, When one man chooses to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself. I am not an extraordinary man, but I think that I have had an extraordinary idea, and I am presenting it here in this book.

Please come with an open mind, and take what you can. Hopefully soon you will choose to lead an extraordinary life yourself.

Book 1

Establishing Goals, Setting Expectations, and Curbing Judgments

It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality. 

-Arnold Bennett

In writing a book with such a profound and encompassing title as this one, you can expect me to pontificate on the modern ideals of God, the history of God, scripture, anecdotal evidence, philosophical evidence, and to take a stance grounded on opinion, and to lecture for the remainder of the book as if this opinion is true, accepting no others. This is the basis for all discussion on God. 

Even the philosophical proof that we have already amassed that proves or disproves God is based primarily on opinion. This is why there is, and always has been, and always will be, a heated debate around the existence of God. 

To make these assumptions about what this book will be is understandable. I cannot blame any person for trying to make their opinion known, and to debate it in this form, as if it is true. For this person, the truth of their opinion is critical to their own existence. Then, though, for the rest of the world, for all of humanity, what are we left with? We cannot base our own beliefs on the assumption that one person’s opinion is the correct one. We cannot begin to accept opinions as fact, because opinions are ripples in a pool, they give no direction.

It is perfectly reasonable to read a book aligned or misaligned with our own opinion to strengthen our opinions on a certain topic, and to flesh out our beliefs on the topic. It is admirable to do so. Being strongly grounded in our own beliefs gives us power and confidence to act through these beliefs and make ourselves better for the betterment of all of humanity.

It is not my desire to write any of the types of books I have just mentioned. There is no need to continue to promote personal opinions. I have no desire to shout at walls, or to preach to the choir. As I said before, what does this give to