[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by deccan:
In defense of Nietzsche, I think he might have meant "believe" in a different sense. One can say believe as in "believe in the existence of", or believe as in "have trust in". I think the statement refers to the latter sense of believe.

Possibly, but this is also the fellow who said "If there is a God, how could I bear not to be one?" Also, his whole argument was similar to what is seen here - religion was a human construct which allowed the 'slave' caste to gain the upper hand over the 'masters'. Even the very existence of God would undermine his whole project.