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Although the concept that "god is dead" is entirely controversial Nietzsche does raise some very interesting points. It is up to the reader to decide if religion, specifically Christianity is built on the foundations of "false piety" and if a "slave morality" does really exist within the confines of a pious mind. His atheism was and still is met with swift criticising. I'd imagine someone who has a religious affiliation with some sort of deity reading this book and either burning it or tossing it in a heap. Nietzche's dismissal of religion is written eloquently with the precision of a knife. He challenged the conventional way of thinking during his time and although it would've rendered a few devout readers in a catatonic state his works did not sell that well.

"Dead are all gods: now we want the overman to live"

Another rather contentious idea Nietzche brings represents is the idea of "Ãœbermensch" that as humans we posses a sentient quality that allows us to transcend norms that may if fact bind us to certain constraints. Nietzche believes that we shouldn't be at all held back by the restraints of religion and that we and only we can shape our destiny rather than relying on guidance from a god that may or may not exist.