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Full Idea
If there were gods, how could I endure not to be a god! Therefore there are no gods. ...For what would there to be create if gods - existed!
Gist of Idea
Not being a god is insupportable, so there are no gods!
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spake Zarathustra [1884], 2.02)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1969], p.110
A Reaction
[Zarathustra says this, not Nietzsche!]