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Can Man Live Without God Analysis

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The book Can Man Live Without God is divided into three parts (16 chapters) namely (i) Antitheism is alive and deadly (ii)What gives life meaning? (iii)Who is Jesus and why does it matter?
In these three parts, the author deals various issues concerning the philosophical issue of meaning and psychological issue of despair in sequence and establishes the argument. The overview of the synopsis is presented as below:
I. Antitheism is alive and deadly: Entitling the beginning (first chapter) of the book as Anguish in Affluence, Ravi Zacharias begins by forming a foundation for the reason behind penning this book and his philosophical method. The intense heat and lack of light in the contemporary debates is discussed, he presents how one’s life is influenced by one’s view of God in every decision and action. He states that if their understanding of God is false, their beliefs and actions will be against the actual reality. Later, as per his method, three levels where …show more content…

He points out at the atheistic contention of Christian philosophy by referring to Nietzsche’s notion of Christian message as the lowest point of human progress because it encourages concepts such as humility, morality and repentance on which a powerful human civilization cannot be built. Nietzsche’s conception of Superman based on his antitheistic principles became a destroyer instead of a saviour, he influenced dictators like Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini. Ravi also discusses how the moral vacuum lead to the horrific holocaust at one point and the culture it gave birth to. The mindless drift towards lawlessness and the chaotic collision of autonomies in the present world are said to be the result of the Nietzschean dogma by the

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