Nietzsche is Dead 1900 A. D.
It does seem strange that the antagonists to God are often those asserting their own Divinity. I actually appreciate Nietzsche's direct approach to answering the obviously obscure question arising from the mere mention of the Slaying of a Divine, Eternal and All-Powerful Being: how did such Death of God transpire?! Surely there is more! And Nietzsche, the silly-head that he is, claims to be the Murderer of the All-Mighty 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 , Sect...