Nihilistic Murderer

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At the end of the day I feel that he is right, that it doesn't really matter that he killed two people. Probably the most disturbing evaulation of my own beliefs that I've ever had to come to terms with.

The loved ones of those people would disagree that it doesn't matter. Don't get caught up in the theistic delusion that a finite existence leads to our actions being meaningless. Just because our actions have no effect on how the universe will be in a million years doesn't mean that they don't have very real, measurable effects on the here and now, and we can judge those actions by the negative and positive effects they have on the people around us.

I don't think that's a theistic delusion? Not really sure that there are many, if any, theistic nihilists out there. Theists tend to think that our actions matter overmuch, as in what we do will have eternal effects out our immortal souls. Obviously I don't share any of that. In fact I think atheists who aren't nihilists are being dishonest with themselves on some level.

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I can't see the video (slow interwebs), why do you think his worldview is correct?

Well basically he doesn't believe that it matters that he killed two people because eventually we'll all be dead anyway (the way he terms it is biomass, eventually we'll all be biomass) I think that it's true. He also took that exact same view with his own execution. It doesn't really matter. I found that blase view he had of his own life to be as chilling as his murders really. Although I'm obviously not a sociopath and like you I couldn't imagine any circumstances where I could kill someone, I can't really fault his logic.

People can say 'well it matters to the families' but we as a species will only be here for a blink of an eye. Whatever meaning someone imposes on their life is pretty much a delusion that they are using to keep themselves from being a nihilist.