"So, the bottom line in Western Philosophy can essentially be summed up in Friedrich Nietzsche's esteemed declaration: 'God is dead'. For every theological ideology that has served to solace the finite comprehension of humanity prior to the last century and a half has been nothing more than a grand, illusory narrative indoctrinizing culture so as to accept absurd notions in spite of the fact that their only teleological value subconsciously supports only the elite minority while robbing the impoverished majority of their spirit of acquisition for taking share of the world's bountiful yet exploited resources. And--let me tell you--there is no worse sin than convincing two and a half millennia of overpopulated ignoramusi the NeoPlatonic-Judeo-Christian dogma that transcendence is superior to temporal immediacy, hence forcing people to forego their existence for the sake of a socially-contrived essence. Marx and Engels are the only 'saints' whose words matter in all practicality on this fractured earth--and other than that, nihilism is certainly the only fundamental school of anti-thought that serves any psuedo-purpose in this baseless existence we have all mutually accident'd into."
"... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...you are so completely and utterly full of it..."
"Der--H-Huh?"
"Granted, Nietzschean writings may support an air of blatant nihilism in a historical perspective of western society, but to call our present philosophical era nihilistic and yet simultaneously label Nietzsche as a grand supporter of such a declaration is fallacious. Friedrich Nietzsche intended from the beginning to induce a science... ...a 'Gay Science' that would not compartmentalize human beings into a new ideology of idealistic oblivion--for wouldn't any conceptual ideology mutually accepted by the 'yet undefined animals' essentially define them as slaves to a philosophical 'herd' inescapably identical to the religious, superstitious, and sectarian dogmas that Nietzsche so infamously blasphemes in his writing? The German philosophe's goal was to inspire humankind to break free of their fetters of 'herd instinct' and embark upon a new horizon of individual thought where the pursuit of knowledge was free, subjective, and open to new questions and criticisms never conceived of before. Nietzsche never had an 'answer' for the human race, just an optimistic impulse towards a human experience as opposed to a ritualistically-imposed divineexperience. And while Nietzsche had a lot of intelligent commentaries to make on the historical spectrum of western philosophical thought, I fail to see how he can account for the microcosmic totality of the individual's finite relation to the infinite. Yes, perhaps God is dead. But He is only the God that humanity has constructed, and since humanity is mortal--that is why the God they created managed to perish. Who's to say that the now-dead God that was once the symbolic ruler of the European Cosmos wasn't a construct to represent something that primordial western humans had truly related to?"
"You're saying that there is a Divine Entity that exists above the definition that Nietzsche maintains has been murdered? Perhaps a Sacred Feminine that the patriarchal manifesto of two and a half millennia has repressed?"
"I mean to say that there is certainly an infinite 'Other' for us to take into account. But such cannot be related to on a massive scale--hence I am willing to support Nietzsche's total disregard for sectarian theology and theocracy. But rather, the subjectivity that Nietzsche advocates is the very same foundation upon which each of us can and must ultimately use as we encounter experiences and epiphanies of inexplicably mystical nature that can only lead towards a personal conviction towards the nature of existence. Never once does Nietzsche mention the humble writings of Soren Kierkegaard, and I think such is most unfortunate, for Kierkegaard quite urgently maintains that--even within the spectrum of a religiously-defined universal ethical--one must inevitably transcend moralistic standards on the grounds of his or her relationship with the Absolute. For Kierkegaard, this 'Absolute' essentially means God. But I think we can take Kierkegaard's idea into a broader field, especially if we focus on the fact that--in any experience of personally religious or mystical nature--it is by virtue of the absurd that we find an answer that can and must be superior to any human, finite resources of reason and rationality."
"You mean to say that in a subjective experience where one is exposed to the infinite impossibilities of the universe, the human understanding of universal paradigms and rational sciences must be cast aside for the sake of insanity?"
"Not insanity--faith. Faith does not take religion, but it takes humanity. For whatever it is that robs us of the will--be it Nietzsche's herd instinct or elemental obstructions--we must face the paradoxes of our conflictive resignation, telos, and fate...and only through true faith can we ever come out in the end with a sense of accomplishment, victory, and purpose."
"Heh.. ... ...And I don't suppose you practice this 'faith' often with the stuff that you desire?"
"Of what I desire?... ... ... ... ... ...For me to desire anything beyond the impossibility that personally waits at the end of the road for me--that has always waited in obstruction for me... ... ... ...it takes a faith so absurd that no words can properly equivocate its spiritual weight..."
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"... ... ...hmm...do you hear that?"
"Yes. Yes I do."
"Mammoth's footsteps. He's pounding his way here...over asphalt, from the sound of it. He must be running at full speed--Which means he's still got a lot of energy left in him."
"Which means the Titans haven't cleaned his clocks yet."
"Undoubtedly, Gizmo is with him..."
"And I can already see Starfire's bright green streak. The Titans are coming here too."
"I wonder if they realize how long we've been waiting here... ...doing nothing but talking?"
"Whatever... ..."
"Feh... ...," Jinx stands up from an a/c unit atop the Downtown Museum rooftop. The dark-blue night contrasts gently with her pink-hued hair. "I wasn't in the mood for a jewel heist anyways," she brushes herself off and plants her hands on her hip with a smirk. "Even when I can manage a 'girl's night out', I'm always the only girl."
"Sorry, I can't relate," I murmur as I stand up and adjust my blue robe.
"You can't relate cuz you're not a girl?" Jinx winks. "Or because--"
"I don't get out much. I don't need to," I glare.
"Why not? Hehe--Doesn't this feel--?"
"It's over. The Titans and the H.I.V.E. students are coming...," I pull my hood over my head and flex my fingers into meditative poses. "Besides.. ...I won the debate."
"Pffft!" She sticks her tongue out and gets into a fighting pose. "Did not!"
"I always win the debate..."
"Yeah, well...," Jinx grins as her eyes start to glow a hot fuschia. "You won't win the next debate! Will ya?"
"… …. …"
"Will ya?"
The pounding footsteps intensify. The green aura glows brighter. As everyone closes in, the sounds and smell of a long night's worth of combat starts to rise, rise, rise...
"There won't be another debate."
"Heh," she winks. "Sure there won't."
"... ... .. ...," my lips curve ever so slightly. "Azarath..."
"Nnnngh--" She charges up her hex'd wrists.
"...Metrion..."
"HAAAA!"
"..ZINTHOS!"
FLASH!
FLASH!