God might be dead—but the world seems to be going to hell.
Now, don’t get me wrong—I’m not particularly fond of the whole God idea. (After all, God’s the one who’s ultimately responsible for those Godawful Christmas movies my kids force me to sit through each year.)
But at least “God” gives life some sort of meaning and value.
And what happens when we simply remove that type of meaning and value from life?
Well—have you ever seen one of those talk shows that puts an overzealous liberal against an overzealous conservative?
That’s pretty much what people will become.
We’ll totally lose it, and take to supporting a belief, group, or country as if our lives depended on it.
But if we don’t believe in God, then what should we do?
Worship me. …
Just kidding.
We should learn to control some of our instincts and impulses, and become higher people who contribute to a higher civilization. (In other words, we should pretty much be the opposite of that son of bitch Wagner.)
Rather than giving up on real life (like potheads and Jesus) and/or directing our will-to-power towards dominating others (like Genghis Khan and Yosemite Sam), we should use that will to master ourselves and become higher life-affirming people.