Posted by HornyMike on January 15, 2001 at 23:28:48:
In Reply to: Nihilism: A Way of Life posted by kendricks on January 15, 2001 at 22:38:31:
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Your post is VERY provocative. I have flirted with this philosophy myself, sometimes "trying it on" for a few weeks to see how it fits. If all in your life is going well, nihilism can be OK, because you're pretty much occupied with making yourself temporally happy, as long as it doesn't involve hurting anyone else. But ultimately we all face challenges in life that are bigger than we are, and as you say, we are dead and gone. It is a very sad reality. Of course for most people the "cure" is a belief in a God of whatever religion, and the belief that there is another, fairer life after this one, without pain or death or disease or any of the things we don't like. And I don't pretend to know for sure if there's anything out there or not. i just hope there is.
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