RE: Is nihilism the logical extreme of atheism?
October 6, 2014 at 4:43 pm
(This post was last modified: October 6, 2014 at 4:58 pm by Violet.)
(October 6, 2014 at 10:24 am)whateverist Wrote: Didn't see that coming. I thought nihilism was just about holding values and such to be objective.
Nihilism is inherently subjective. You cannot be an objective nihilist.
(October 6, 2014 at 4:42 pm)Exian Wrote: Was it ever addressed the meaning of persisting in some form after death? And the follow up- Does not persisting negate any meaning had while existing?
By all sorts of people in all sorts of ways, from philosophers to bumper stickers. Whether they ought be believed is up to you.
No. A story that never ends still has chapters, and is largely about character growth, development... it's all about that continuity. I mean... does the current season of a television show hold no meaning just because there will be another season after this?
(October 6, 2014 at 12:58 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: God is so good that the definition has to come from him. One thing you can be sure of.
Had only I your certainty
But no... that could be the more dangerous... something being there that isn't impacts action far more than something not being there that is.(October 6, 2014 at 1:13 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I mean, that's like the perfect circle of argument.
So is logic. That doesn't stop us from using the benefits of mathematics.
(October 6, 2014 at 1:16 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: How convenient that he defined himself to be good at the same time.
Character is defined. God is good in this rendition... our renditions differ from his. You cannot hope to hold an argument upon this matter when you do not agree upon a character's attributes.
It'd be like a man tried for murder, with the prosecution arguing from the standpoint of him being an insane massmurdering fuckhead, and the defense arguing from the position of him being a stable man with an alabi who couldn't even imagine inflicting the horrors of the murders in question... if they never understood that they're arguing about different men, both of which are inventions.
(October 6, 2014 at 1:38 pm)LastPoet Wrote: You see... Futile.
This is a nihilism thread. What do you expect?
(October 6, 2014 at 2:10 pm)LastPoet Wrote: I hate when I'm right. People assume that I'm always right afterwards, it isn't true.
Don't worry, we can break the other one too
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
