Nihilism

[Mwezzi]

Originally Posted by nietsche

I don't believe there is life after death; but life itself has no meaning at all----we live, and we die, that's all.
So i don't understand why there are so much violence and struggle against one another.

For kicks, and because we're all possessed of about one tenth of the intelligence than we imagine ourselves to have. Life's what you make of it, and we've decided that big explosions and robots are awesome so long as they aren't falling on OUR heads. Thus we fill our otherwise empty lives with such things and attempt to assign importance to our personal struggles in order to give some semblance of meaning to our personal timelines. When we aren't having minor crises of our own, we watch our robots and explosions from afar with either awe or horror, which is another way to pass the time.







Meanwhile, a small child contracts tuberculosis in your neighbourhood, but you were looking the other way at the time and missed this.











You end up in hospital with a multi-resistant strain of the disease and, due to your last-minute discovery that you are allergic to one of the three antibiotics required to save your life, languish in an isolated cordoned-off bed and realise that you, like everyone else, have wasted your time, just like I've been doing for the past few minutes by making all this tripe up.

[Dario]

Originally Posted by Mwezzi

For kicks, and because we're all possessed of about one tenth of the intelligence than we imagine ourselves to have. Life's what you make of it, and we've decided that big explosions and robots are awesome so long as they aren't falling on OUR heads. Thus we fill our otherwise empty lives with such things and attempt to assign importance to our personal struggles in order to give some semblance of meaning to our personal timelines. When we aren't having minor crises of our own, we watch our robots and explosions from afar with either awe or horror, which is another way to pass the time.


Meanwhile, a small child contracts tuberculosis in your neighbourhood, but you were looking the other way at the time and missed this.


You end up in hospital with a multi-resistant strain of the disease and, due to your last-minute discovery that you are allergic to one of the three antibiotics required to save your life, languish in an isolated cordoned-off bed and realise that you, like everyone else, have wasted your time, just like I've been doing for the past few minutes by making all this tripe up.

Sounds like the concluding episode of Lost.

[StuntGirl]

Originally Posted by Hammer

Is there life after death? Is there any reason to work apart from for your own benifit? Or is life just a pointless existence for no good reason?

IMO

There is no life after death, ergo there is no get out clause that people who do not have it so great here will go to a "better place". Therefore the point in life is to work to help humanity reperpetuate itself in consistently better conditions, greater knowledge and happiness. There might not be a god or a heaven, but the actions and omissions of humanity are immortalised with every proceeding generation and surely this is a reason to work outwith your own benefit?

My hippie two cents.

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[MarkMono]

The fact that this thread has turned (Devolved?) into a soapbox for everyones personal meaning of life should tell you something about the meaninglessness of existence.

[Dec]

When I die, none of this will exist anymore.

[fefe]

I tend to go with the view that as long as you dont harm children or animals and you try to help when you can,then do what you please.

I dont believe in anything after death and sometimes it does make me wonder what the point of struggling all these years if for nothing,but then i realised that fags,drugs and orgasims make it all worthwhile.

[Rhythm Junkie]

You're life is what you make it. You can choose to make it something outstanding or you can choose to make it something mundane. Anything that comes after is just a bonus.

[Christie.]

Originally Posted by fefe

I tend to go with the view that as long as you dont harm children or animals and you try to help when you can,then do what you please.

what about adults?

why do people always assume life after death is a good thing? it might be fucking AWFUL.

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by Christie.

what about adults?

why do people always assume life after death is a good thing? it might be fucking AWFUL.

Depending on what Christian or Muslim sect you want to pay attention to, nearly everyone is condemned to hell anyway, since we're born sinful and only the most pious can achieve redemption.

Eternal Torment vs Only One Lifetime?

On the other hand, forms of Buddhism, Hinduism and Wicca all believe that we will e reincarnated. Being reincarnated as one of Les's bacteria cultures, or a tapeworm or a dancing bear doesn't sound that great.
Being reincarnated as somethings could be awesome though. Just got to stay on the right side of Karma just incase, I suppose.

[UncleDave]

42.

[Draven]

Originally Posted by UncleDave

42.

I love you.

[djtoast]

Originally Posted by Hammer

Is there life after death?

Your reputation lives on after you, at the least...

Originally Posted by Hammer

Is there any reason to work apart from for your own benifit?

Many people work for their children's benefit which is pretty sound from a continuing the species sort of way.

Originally Posted by Hammer

Or is life just a pointless existence for no good reason?

If you don't find stuff you enjoy doing possibly. If you surround yourself with good people, culture, art... hell, beer, fun, whatever... then certainly not.

[MarkMono]

Your repuatation is a construct of other people, I have no children, enjoyment is a pale crass shadow of meaning.

[LesMTS]

In 200 years, not only will you be dead, you'll be forgotten.