Can life have meaning? 4 different perspectives
Whom do you side with: the atheist, the christian, the absurdist, or the nihilist?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Well, it's official, I'm a nihilist XD There certainly is no objective meaning in life that I can find. As far as created meaning, I think that's cool if people want to create their own meaning. Nothing wrong there. But personally, I think that any created meaning is an illusion that does not reflect reality. I myself don't like illusions. I take my reality like I take my whiskey- straight, just how it is. Anything else added to it just dillutes the actual flavor.
ShadowRaptor
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Feb 9, 2018
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@admin It looks like you can't have lowercase "I"s in titles either...
ChestRockfield
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Feb 5, 2018
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What about you?
Nottheonlyone
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Feb 5, 2018
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I have a good friend who is a nihilist. He studied philosophy for 15 years. It's only lazy if you let it stop you from living.
I waiver between existentialism and nihilism. The optimist in me wants to believe I can create meaning, or at least within the pursuit of it, but when I really stop to think about it, nihilism is probably the truest category.
Nottheonlyone
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Feb 5, 2018
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I think healthy nihilism says 'So what?' to the reality that nothing matters. It's difficult to let go of the ego, but once you do, I think it can be quite freeing.
@TheMiddleWay
Why can't it be both?
I did, and the simple fact that the author can't say why he feels that way (and, lets face it, feelings don't validate truths, as if there even are truths) reinforces my thought that Buddhism and nihilism are not mutually exclusive.
My philosopher friend is the most civic-minded human being I know. He bought a plot of land and converted it into a community garden. He retiled a bathroom at a Ronald McDonald house and charged them a t-shirt as his fee. These are just the first couple of things that l can think of. And no one that he has helped will be alive in a couple of hundred years, so what's the point, right?
Maybe you just haven't met the right kind of nihilists. (And, food for thought, my friend is also an anarchist.)
Nihilism only means that nothing matters. It is not mutually exclusive of moral principals. And, according to him, there is no system of government that works, so why subscribe to any of them?
I'm agnostic, where is my column? I would have to pick atheist.
Leutrelle
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Feb 5, 2018
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@TheMiddleWay I did that too
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