Deicide (psychology)

Deicide psychology has grown in popularity since the Godbomb. Sometimes regarded as an extension of evolutionary or survival of the fittest theories, deicide psychology focuses on the evidently inherent drive to become a god and master of one's circumstances. Deicide psychology contends that even atheist individuals have a "god" of some sort in their life that they seek to overcome and rule over -- it may be a community, an individual, or a personal struggle. Once they kill that god, they become a god unto themselves, but they continually struggle against gods above them.
True happiness, then, is found by engaging in those struggles and overcoming them. Deicide psychologists focus on setting goals that incrementally add up to something larger to "satisfy" the inherent urge for success and overcoming larger obstacles; however, this is sometimes regarded as an excessively positive application of deicide theory. More cynical approaches to the theory contend that "extinction is the endgame of deicide" -- that is, no one can be truly happy until everything is gone and they are the sole survivor of the extinction. Such cynics believe that people are inclined to war because they see one another as gods unto themselves; kill those gods, destroy their altars, and all that remains is the individual as a god.
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