Religion Debates and Discussions

I have, and I find that it leads to nihilism.

 

Well, in a Godless universe there is no meaning to life. You may say you create your own meaning. I say that's weak. We have no real purpose. It wouldn't make any difference if the universe collapsed on itself and destroyed everyone and everything. Apparently, it will. Ever heard of the big crunch?

 

I just can't comprehend that all this just happened. I can't even comprehend the deist belief of God that He just sat back and is doing nothing for eternity.

 

Science doesn't give meaning, unless it's some passionate creed of yours. It just gives an understanding of how everything happen, not why. Science doesn't really amount to anything either, because it will all disappear when we do.
Everything you do is actually all for nothing, because in the end, you'll end up back where you were before you were born, a limbo where you can't see, hear, smell, feel, or think.

If I was a nihilist, I'd say that's kind of religious of you guys.

But, anyway, all you can really do is make the best for yourself. Why be the kid on the left, when you can be the kid on the right?

 

No.

 

When have I implied that? It wouldn't really be terrible. It'll just be, "Screw everyone and everything. I'm just going to live my life and do anything that can benefit me, no matter what it may be, because one day, I will die and be no more."

I just realized Buddhism seems nihilistic. It's said that the world is an illusion and you shouldn't be attached to it. Perhaps a nihilist can achieve nirvana.

 

It doesn't have to. A nihilist can have a family and socialize with others.

I don't see any meaning to it, as a nihilist. Though, being nice to people can benefit you.
As a Christian, being nice to people pleases God, and you should strive to please God. I know this one of the things Christopher Hitchens pointed out about Mother Teresa in an attempt to tarnish her reputation. "She only did nice things to please God." When I do nice things, most of the time I don't have God on my mind. It just comes naturally. When I avoid an opportunity to do something nice, I feel kind of guilty afterwards. Perhaps this is a Christian imposed feeling. I feel if I was a nihilist, I wouldn't feel guilty. Maybe I wouldn't feel guilty about anything. Perhaps guilt is just an illusion.
I don't know. Maybe this whole me being a nihilist is the result of me being mindbroken into being an atheist. Maybe it's the depression that emerges from realizing your beliefs are false and your life is a lie.

The common excuse I see why most atheists are not nihilists is "you make your own meaning", which I've said before is a pretty weak excuse. It seems to me you guys want meaning, which seems to me to be the root of religion, craving meaning.

This is pretty interesting. https://richarddawkins.net/2013/04/why-identify-as-atheist-and-not-nihilist/
The first comment has a pretty mushy excuse for meaning in life.
"What you do impact others and your environment. You’re the product of billions of years of evolution, and if you are lucky, you will be survived by your genes. And maybe you even contributed towards the betterment of life on earth in your own way."
Sounds similar to something Buddha would say.