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Understanding Nietzsche's 'God is Dead'
Nietzsche's proclamation that God is dead signifies the crisis in European Christianity brought about by the emergence of natural sciences in the 19th century. Rather than a call for the killing of God, it represents the shift towards a new secular worldview. Nietzsche warns of the implications of this crisis, anticipating the rise of unhealthy outlooks and pursuits of happiness in materialistic and detrimental ways.