Throughout history, the symbol "God" has been used or rather misused for human purposes and for obscure immanent and ideological projects, (1) till the moment came that even "God" was announced "dead." Philosopher and postmodermsm's (2) prophet. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (3) was convinced: we killed God! The "God is dead" statement in Die frohliche Wissenschaft, (4) published in 1882, is the single most-quoted line expressing his concern for the development of Western society in the modern age. Modern science and the increasing secularization of the West have, according to Nietzsche, effectively "killed" the (Judeo-) Christian God. The basis for meaning and value which our civilization has known for thousands of years is now literally under threat. After the atrocities of 9/11 and in light of recent intellectual debates on religion, as in Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion, (5) we are not only facing global theoretical clashes between various groups concerning the God question, but will have to face up to its huge practical implications, especially implementing laws and decrees on a political level. The divide in the West between those who accept and believe in divine reality and those who do not and the schism between religious extremists using violence and the common religious citizen, is an existential, practical, and attitudinal, as well as an intellectual, problem.
