When Gods Decay is a short book which lays out for us the steps we take in life and how we can easily move to and from religions based on our mentality at the time. We go through processes of rationality, just like religions go through processes of birth, change, and split, leading to rebirth. We are all moving and changing, and we find ourselves led to religion from an intrinsic psycho-social makeup in ourselves.
Religions will always exist, but they will always die, change, and split (re-birthing). This is what has happened for years and years and Nietzsche himself recognized the inability for humanity to cope with life without meaning and purpose. This is why religion is so important to humanity. But for religions to survive they must adapt with the times. As science, mentalities, and “cultures” change a religion must adapt partially so if it is to stay alive and be accepted. For acceptance and growth it is important that it is relatively simple to present and not to extreme so that man will not be deterred. It is utterly important that a religion be easy to replicate or such a religion will not live long nor grow.
For us as humans we are also growing and our ideas are changing. In the process we find ourselves confronting many questions that religions seem to answer for us at the time. But as we move along and our minds continue to move along as well, we start thinking in other forms, more rational and scientific sometimes, and we begin to lose our religion. As Nietzsche said, “God is dead…and we have killed him.” Our God no longer fits us and we kill him off. But we don’t kill off all gods and religions, but we take up a new one which fits our needs most.
“God is dead and we have killed him…but look! God is resurrected and he seems a little different. I like this God and I will embrace him.” As so it is as we move forward and change, us and religion(s).
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