“God is dead.” Nietzsche.
“Nietzsche is dead.” God.

That clever quip has been around for decades, and while funny, it’s actually incorrect. We know God is alive, but often forget that so is Nietzsche. Yes, his disease ridden body died in 1900, but his precious lost soul lives on forever. Jesus confirmed that in a dispute with the Sadducees about the resurrection. They didn't believe in life after death, but Jesus told them they were wrong and didn't understand the Bible or God. (Mark 12:24-27).

Nietzsche, a German philosopher who lived in the late 1800's, is famous for declaring the death of God. His point was that modern man had come to realize there was no God (as if they were the first fools to think that – Psalm 14:1) and needed to figure out the meaning of life. He understood that if there is no God there is no eternal basis for morality and, in the search for a replacement, urged the individual to transcend all cultural bounds and declare one’s own morality (again not the first to accept that - Judges 21:25). It shouldn't surprise us that one of his ardent acolytes was Adolf Hitler.

Moses was warning Israel of the danger of thinking that way 3500 years before Nietzsche. In his closing song he noted that they would “lightly esteem” God and go after other gods (Deuteronomy 32:15). A foolish mistake since there is no other beside Him (32:39); a mistake being made again today. Who’s philosophy are you living by – Moses’ or Nietzsche’s?