Awful because we feel abandoned by our former protector. Yet exhilarating because suddenly our world opens to infinity. Anything now is imaginable… If we are great enough to end God’s dominion over us, must we not ourselves become gods simply to seem worthy of it? Evolution is not guided by accidental mutations and adaptations, but by a teleological force which regulates the development of life from a lower spiritual state to a higher one. This force is directly felt by human beings as aspiration, and by embracing this aspiration the individual can overcome himself and evolve. The teachings of the Christian church repressed this aspiration by spreading the idea that to seek autonomy and act in the service of one’s self-interest is a sin, while to sacrifice oneself and admit dependence upon God the highest good. As such, animalistic impulses such as sexual lust, pride, and the desire for power, were branded as evil elements to be tamed and eradicated. The individual was taught by the Christian church not to overcome himself, but to deny himself, and to weaken his body for the sake of his soul. For too long human beings have externalized their highest values and ideals of perfection into the cosmos. It is now time for the individual to realize himself as the creator of these values, and thus capable of forging his own meaning and embodying his own justification, rather than remaining dependent on external institutions and creeds. Once I said ‘God’ when I gazed upon distant seas; but now I have learned to say ‘Superman’.