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Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism?
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RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism?
March 10, 2015 at 5:43 pm (This post was last modified: March 10, 2015 at 5:43 pm by Cato.)
(March 10, 2015 at 5:03 pm)SteveII Wrote: So it seems that at least for some of you ethics shift from person to person from group to group and from generation to generation. This seems consistent with the logical conclusions of atheism (and the nihilism that follows). This I understand.

Others (Esquilax) seem to believe reality to be a sufficient objective framework upon which to hang morality. This I don't understand.

Nihilism does not follow! Here, go learn something:

Virtue Ethics
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-virtue/

Deontological Ethics:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-deontological/

Consequentialism:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consequentialism/

After, you might be able to have a conversation instead of just trying to find an occupation for your unemployed god.
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Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by SteveII - March 10, 2015 at 10:35 am
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 10, 2015 at 10:40 am
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Norman Humann - March 10, 2015 at 10:40 am
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Cato - March 10, 2015 at 10:41 am
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by TheRealJoeFish - March 10, 2015 at 10:48 am
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by SteveII - March 10, 2015 at 10:53 am
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Alex K - March 10, 2015 at 11:02 am
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Cato - March 10, 2015 at 11:12 am
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by SteveII - March 10, 2015 at 12:14 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Alex K - March 10, 2015 at 12:25 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by downbeatplumb - March 10, 2015 at 1:37 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 10, 2015 at 1:00 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Cato - March 10, 2015 at 5:29 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Steve Wilson - March 16, 2015 at 11:52 am
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Alex K - March 10, 2015 at 10:42 am
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 10, 2015 at 10:55 am
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by robvalue - March 10, 2015 at 11:07 am
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by wiploc - March 10, 2015 at 11:44 am
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by SteveII - March 10, 2015 at 12:02 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 10, 2015 at 12:15 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by SteveII - March 10, 2015 at 12:26 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Alex K - March 10, 2015 at 12:28 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by SteveII - March 10, 2015 at 12:36 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Silver - March 10, 2015 at 12:39 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by SteveII - March 10, 2015 at 1:17 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Esquilax - March 10, 2015 at 1:25 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by SteveII - March 10, 2015 at 2:22 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Esquilax - March 10, 2015 at 2:30 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Alex K - March 10, 2015 at 12:46 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by TheRealJoeFish - March 10, 2015 at 12:55 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 10, 2015 at 2:31 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Mister Agenda - March 12, 2015 at 3:03 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 10, 2015 at 12:37 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by SteveII - March 10, 2015 at 12:59 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 10, 2015 at 3:08 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Simon Moon - March 10, 2015 at 3:19 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Esquilax - March 10, 2015 at 1:10 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by SteveII - March 10, 2015 at 2:14 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Esquilax - March 10, 2015 at 2:21 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by SteveII - March 10, 2015 at 4:19 pm
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RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 10, 2015 at 4:36 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Faith No More - March 10, 2015 at 4:59 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Esquilax - March 11, 2015 at 1:58 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Simon Moon - March 11, 2015 at 2:54 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Esquilax - March 11, 2015 at 4:39 pm
RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Mister Agenda - March 12, 2015 at 3:32 pm
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RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 11, 2015 at 8:54 am
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RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Faith No More - March 11, 2015 at 9:35 am
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RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by Mudhammam - March 13, 2015 at 1:51 pm
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RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 16, 2015 at 10:08 am
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