RE: Dealing with existential nihilism
March 22, 2017 at 9:45 pm
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2017 at 9:46 pm by Whateverist.)
(March 22, 2017 at 7:43 pm)Angst King Wrote: I was born Christian, er Mormon. I think it's christian, others have their own opinions. My dad had indoctrinated me into atheism by giving me skeptic podcasts, which completely changed my viewpoint.
I was about 14 when I determined I didn't believe (have evidence for) god(s) but I have, in the last four years, not been able to shake my existential nihilism. Does anyone have an answer to the question: If there is no afterlife and no consciousnesses to remember what we did in life and we are forgotten, why does it matter? Why should I logically keep living?
No problem. Even if it doesn't matter to others or to you after death, it can matter to you right now and every day until you die. If that isn't enough it might just be the residue of having your point of view so thoroughly fucked up by the magical thinking involved in the religion of your upbringing. Give it time. Maybe take up martial arts and train a lot. You know, wax on .. whack off.
