The+Ghost+at+the+Atheist+Feast+Was+Nietzsche+Right+about+Religion?

Gray, John. "The Ghost at the Atheist Feast Was Nietzsche Right about Religion?" New Statesmen [London] Mar. 2014, 7th ed., sec. 13: 42+. Print.

 In this news article Gray tries to find out the reason behind why atheists ignore Nietzsche and as Gray puts it “consigned to the memory hole”. Gray explains that although Nietzsche himself felt that God was dead, he himself went against what he was talking about. Gray starts by explaining what a tragedy is and how the bible isn’t a tragedy unlike what many people feel. This is because Jesus doesn’t die, there is no finality as Gray says. He then refers to some of Nietzsche’s earlier writings such as Superman, who is the creator of new values after God is dead. Gray points out this creation of a transcendental entity in Nietzsche’s book is simply just a replacement for God and this shows that Nietzsche didn’t believe god was dead. Because God refers to any transcendental entity.

 This article proving that Nietzsche didn’t have any impact on all on atheist theology and if he did, it wouldn’t make any sense. Gray’s article shows the opposite side of what most people think about Nietzsche’s impact on the atheist theology. This type of differing view is very essential when writing a proper research paper. Gray thinks that the impact of the quote supports the opposite of atheist ideology and instead proves that Nietzsche was a believer that people need a higher being to have a correct moral compass – thus seen through his writing of his book Superman.