The concept of religion is continually discussed by Zarathustra, but not with the regular ardor that religious speeches are given. Instead Zarathustra presents the listener with a logical connection to God, he says that God comes from the people. Nietzsche presents the concept of "god is dead" earlier in Thus Spoke Zarathustra, which deals with the same concept as the quote cited. Zarathustra warranted that God was dead by saying the existence of God depended on the people's belief in him. In the quote from "on the famous wise men", Zarathustra proclaims that the "wise men" who preach the word of God should be discredited and not respected. He explains this by utilizing his earlier conclusion that God exist because the people make him so and stating therefore that all these wise men do is look at the desires of the people and create those desires to be...