The Übermensch is a concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Neitzsch and was first introduced in Nietzsche's book Thus spoke zarathustra. Übermensch meaning Superman or out of the proportion of humanity is introduced by Neitzche in contrast to Christianity but it applies to all religions. Neitzsche introduces the Übermensch with the intention to admonish (to counsel another against something to be avoided) his audience to ignore those who promise otherworldly hopes because it will draw them away from the real world. By this i believe he means that you should not live your life with the goal of having an awesome after-life because things like this are uncertain. Wouldn't you be pissed to find out that you lived your life by a set of rules that had no effect in where you end up after you die?
Neitzsche believes that these other worlds originate from a dissatisfaction with life which leads one to create these other worlds where your actions in this one will be either rewarded or punished (a.k.a heaven and hell). The Übermensch is one who is not interested or motivated by worlds away from this one. Neitzsche also brings the concept of "The death of God" to go hand in hand with the Übermensch for when the people follow the path of the Übermensch the idea of God no longer will provide us with values thus God is dead. Neitzsche wants us to set our own values without the help of religion and i know we can all agree that the world would be a better place if we took all the values of religion and ignore all the things in them that breed hate and prejudice. As harsh as it may seem to some, i agree with Neitzsche. Think of it as Morpheus freeing you from the matrix.
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