[bRaT]

not total nihilism but ethical and existential. i feel myself resisting against this--why?

[Mens Rea]

I think you should get into (nontheistic) buddhism and meditation.

Have you ever meditated?

[bRaT]

once or twice. i find it silly.

[Y@}{000]

had to look it up to see exactly what it means.

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This article is about the philosophical position. For the Russian political and revolutionary movement, see Nihilist movement.
Nihilism is a philosophical position which argues that the world, and especially human existence, is without objective meaning, purpose, comprehensible truth, or essential value. Nihilists generally believe all of the following: There is no reasonable proof of the existence of a higher ruler or creator, a "true morality" is unknown, and secular ethics are impossible; therefore, life has no truth, and no action is known to be preferable to any other.

Nihilism is often more of a charge leveled against a particular idea, movement, or group, than a position to which someone overtly subscribes. Movements such as Dadaism, Deconstructionism, and punk have been described at various times as "nihilist". Usually this simply means or is meant to imply that the beliefs of the accuser are more "substantial" or "truthful", whereas the beliefs of the accused are nihilistic, and thereby comparatively amount to "nothing".

Nihilism is also a characteristic that has been ascribed to time periods: for example, Baudrillard has called postmodernity a nihilistic epoch, and some Christian theologians and figures of authority assert that modernity and postmodernity represent the rejection of God, and therefore are nihilistic.

Prominent philosophers who have written on the subject of nihilism include Friedrich Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger. Nietzsche described Christianity as a nihilistic religion because it evaded the challenge of finding meaning in earthly life, creating instead a spiritual projection where mortality and suffering were removed instead of transcended. He believed nihilism resulted from the "death of God", and insisted that it was something to be overcome, by returning meaning to a monistic reality (he sought instead a "pragmatic idealism," in contrast to the prominent influence of Schopenhauer's "cosmic idealism"). Heidegger described nihilism as the state where "there is nothing left of Being as such," and argued that nihilism rested on the reduction of Being to mere value.

Life has no truth? that is a weird statement...and a contradictory one.

Sounds a little like athiesm.

[Mens Rea]

Originally Posted by bRaT

once or twice. i find it silly.

I'm sorry to hear that.

[Nihilistic]

yay for nihilisim

[Colossus]

We believe in nothing, Lebowski. Nothing. And tomorrow we come back and we cut off your chonson.

[bRaT]

Originally Posted by Mens Rea

I'm sorry to hear that.

why?

[Ultrashogun]

Originally Posted by bRaT

once or twice. i find it silly.

Then you didnt do it right.

[bRaT]

Originally Posted by Ultrashogun

Then you didnt do it right.

um, this claim would only hold water if it was impossible to find it sill if it were done "right". whatever this "right" constitutes has yet to been explained....