Nihilism is the inevitable and logical destination of those who do not believe in a higher power.
When I took the time to construct my philosophy soundly, brick by brick, I took everything; what I feel, what I experience, what I know, and put it to the test. The best standard or measure to be used for that test is Nihilism. I can say definitively that nihilistic thinking is EXTREMELY exhausting, but exploring it is also, ultimately, extremely rewarding. Doing so enables you to build an impenetrable foundation of your beliefs.
When you admit that nothing can be absolutely proven, or absolutely known, faith becomes more than just optional; it becomes necessary. I believe in God for a lot of reasons; one of the most fundamental is that the alternative is effectively a null status; where nothing has meaning, there is no truth, nor objectivity, nor goals or morals. There, then, is no logical reason to NOT believe in a higher power; if you are wrong, and nihilism is the "correct" status of whatever plane of existence or lack thereof, then you literally can't be wrong, or right, because it doesn't exist.
If that word salad was too messy, basically: either God exists or nothing does; no point in not believing in God because if you're wrong, you basically don't exist and don't matter anyway. A higher power is the only truly philosophically logical stance to take.
He's a nihilist.....must be exhausting.
Nihilism is the inevitable and logical destination of those who do not believe in a higher power.
When I took the time to construct my philosophy soundly, brick by brick, I took everything; what I feel, what I experience, what I know, and put it to the test. The best standard or measure to be used for that test is Nihilism. I can say definitively that nihilistic thinking is EXTREMELY exhausting, but exploring it is also, ultimately, extremely rewarding. Doing so enables you to build an impenetrable foundation of your beliefs.
When you admit that nothing can be absolutely proven, or absolutely known, faith becomes more than just optional; it becomes necessary. I believe in God for a lot of reasons; one of the most fundamental is that the alternative is effectively a null status; where nothing has meaning, there is no truth, nor objectivity, nor goals or morals. There, then, is no logical reason to NOT believe in a higher power; if you are wrong, and nihilism is the "correct" status of whatever plane of existence or lack thereof, then you literally can't be wrong, or right, because it doesn't exist.
If that word salad was too messy, basically: either God exists or nothing does; no point in not believing in God because if you're wrong, you basically don't exist and don't matter anyway. A higher power is the only truly philosophically logical stance to take.
Obviously you're not a golfer...
xD