Many existentialist philosophers find their way into discussing religion in their writings. Philosophers speak about religion, because it is a subject that has the most affect on people. The affect is has is large because, many people including philosophers have attempted to shed light into such an abstract subject. Faith has always been a thing highly questioned by the masses. Although many existentialists write to bring a more positive prospective on religion, Friedrich Nietzsche does not do so. Friedrich Nietzsche born in 1844 in Germany was a severe critic of Christianity. His views on Christianity were made evident in his middle to later writings, especially that of The Gay Science. Nietzsche had many dislikes in Christianity. The subjects of Nietzsche's dislikes will be Nietzsche's "God is dead" expression, Christianity: the slave religion, and the lack of "Will to Power".
             One of Nietzsche's most famous quotes lies in the statements below:
             "Where has God gone?" he cried. "I shall tell you. We have killed him - you and I. We are his murderers. But how have we done this? How were we able to drink up the sea? Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon? What did we do when we unchained the earth from its sun? Whither is it moving now? Whither are we moving now? Away from all suns? Are we not perpetually falling? Backward, sideward, forward, in all directions? Is there any up or down left? Are we not straying as through an infinite nothing? Do we not feel the breath of empty space? Has it not become colder? Is it not more and more night coming on all the time? Must not lanterns be lit in the morning? Do we not hear anything yet of the noise of the gravediggers who are burying God? Do we not smell anything yet of God's decomposition? Gods too decompose. God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. (The Gay Science)
             This quote has brought up a lot of controversy, howev...