The ethic of Christianity stresses grace and mercy, and for Nietzsche, these so-called Christian virtues instill weakness into people and cause them to live in an unthinking and non-creative way.

Over the course of our studies this week, we have seen each successive philosopher by and large

drift further away from the clear revelation of God in Scripture.

And today, we see the fruit of that in a system of thought that leads to meaninglessness

and contradiction. And that's a meaninglessness that many of your neighbors experience every day.

This is the Friday edition of Renewing Your Mind, and today we conclude this week's series

on some of the notable thinkers of the past, whose ideas have helped shape the world

we live in.

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Well, Nietzsche famously declared God is dead.

If you know anything about Nietzsche, you've likely heard that quote before.

But why did he say it?

What were the underlying beliefs in his philosophical system?

Here's Dr. Sproul.

One of the most frequent questions that people ask me from time to time is the question,

what is existentialism?

And my standard reply to the question is existentialism is the philosophy of existence.

And when I give that kind of an answer, the people kind of look at me, like to say,

thank you very much. That doesn't really help. Now, the philosophy called existentialism has its roots

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