The Closest To God – 10th May 2026

Inspired by Why did Nietzsche encourage cruelty? by Elyja on medium.com.
The quote in the last line is from Dostoevsky’s Notes From Underground.

Are we cruel?
Is it divine?

Will you share this long, tortured road with me?

Gather to enjoy the lopping of heads
– a terrible show not to be missed.

The Gods have never been soft;
yet we see ourselves as more humane,

and search for new entertainments.

Turning the sword inwards,
towards the shadow formed

with nowhere else to go.

A self-manufactured torture chamber.
A slow strangulation of the anxious beast,
made ‘into real positive delight.’