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Atheism is a critical part of Nietzsche’s thought: on it he bases his critique of metaphysics, his idea of morals and values, and his views on the history of mankind. The most famous of his statement is that “God is dead”. Nietzsche’s atheism is actually far more complex, and is easily the most fascinating critique of religion up to date. Nietzsche is very passionate about his stands on religion, he burns with hatred toward Christianity, and his atheistic writings are extremely bitter. Although, his attacks on Christianity and God might be appealing to certain type of people, in my opinion they seriously lack any logical or philosophical base. Nietzsche’s atheism is somewhat atypical and almost absurd, because he takes the non-existence of God as a given, spending no time in his argument against proofs of God. The possible reality of a g