ABSTRACT
This introduction establishes a “mood,” and “emotional tone” that undergirds the rationale for the book. The rationale is personal as well as scholarly. It reflects the author's lifelong struggle not only with the very idea of God or deities in general, but also with the meaninglessness of life, the universe, and everything. Furthermore, it reveals the author as an anarchist waving the flag of “No Gods, No Masters.” The significance of the myth of God is that it is a foundation for supporting the lives, interests, and power of earthly masters. The death of God also announces the death of masters. The voice of Nietzsche sings loudly as we begin a journey that leads to the death of God, the death of Theology, and the end of delusionary visions of supernatural and transcendental realms inhabited by angels, devils, spirits, ghosts, gods, heavens, and hells.
