(October 4, 2014 at 6:07 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: My feeling is that theism is the acknowledgement of purpose.
God gives meaning to life.
Well purpose is something I see God as answering. I looked for that answer and find it in God.
Maybe that's what we're all looking for, which would tie in with an opposite in nihilism.
Judging by your statement, your purpose and meaning is dependent on god's will - which makes it subjective. And since nihilism is absence of objective purpose or meaning, that would make your position similar to nihilism, not opposite to it.
