What did Nietzsche mean when he said ‘God is Dead’

Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche by photographer Gustav Schultze, c. 1882. Wikimedia Commons Image

Nietzsche announced back in 1882 that God is dead in his works, where it first appeared in the collection of ‘The Gay Science’ which is famously associated with ‘Thus spoke Zarathustra.’ When anyone hears this famous quote, they’re quick to assume that it is supporting atheism and speaking against religion, but that is not the case. Instead, it is spoken in philosophical terms, saying how there has…