Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism?

[Anton]

Existential Nihilism is basically the idea that there isn't objective value or purpose to life. Both Kanye West and Rosa Parks will have the same fate. We are basically preprogrammed meat automatons born into a messed up world with no hope. Anything that anybody has ever worked for would already be pointless because the end of the world will happen in finite time and nothing ever produced will endure... no kindness, generosity, or evil will ever make a permanent mark.

It's a really bleak picture and there's no way to change that.

 

[Mowgli]

Leads to genocide and control of the many by the few which becomes their standard of the meaning of life

 

[TheKongoEmpire]

Leads to genocide and control of the many by the few which becomes their standard of the meaning of life

I don't understand. How is that unique to EN when it's been done by every other group?

 

[Peruvian Connect]

nah life creates that

 

[Mowgli]

I don't understand. How is that unique to EN when it's been done by every other group?

What does en stand for

 

[Ohene]

to answer the question in the title, it doesnt

atheisms is typically onset after morals and "purpose" are already deeply ingrained in somebody.

it is only the degenerates and hopeless who eventually conflate the two

 

[Deafheaven]

Leads to genocide and control of the many by the few which becomes their standard of the meaning of life

Theres been more wars and oppression in history in the name of god than the inverse you dolt

 

[TheKongoEmpire]

What does en stand for

Existential Nihilism

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Theres been more wars and oppression in history in the name of god than the inverse you dolt

No, there haven't.

In fact, there has been more war and oppression in recorded history trying to get rid of religion.​

 

[Devilinurear]

Existential Nihilism is basically the idea that there isn't objective value or purpose to life. Both Kanye West and Rosa Parks will have the same fate. We are basically preprogrammed meat automatons born into a messed up world with no hope. Anything that anybody has ever worked for would already be pointless because the end of the world will happen in finite time and nothing ever produced will endure... no kindness, generosity, or evil will ever make a permanent mark.

It's a really bleak picture and there's no way to change that.

It is more of the other way around.

 

[Anton]

to answer the question in the title, it doesnt

atheisms is typically onset after morals and "purpose" are already deeply ingrained in somebody.

it is only the degenerates and hopeless who eventually conflate the two

You need to read beyond the title… because atheism mostly definitely leads to Existential Nihilism.

 

[Reflected]

It doesn't, you can search my post history with "nihilism", I already broke it down. That opinion, the connection between the two, is really only had by people that don't understand either position. Simply put, atheism is the negation of a proposition, the proposition being "God is real", atheism makes the declarative "no", negating the prop. Nihilism, as it pertains to the general understanding, or what the average person should mean in order to maintain consistency, is simply life without meaning.

But what is very important, is that nihilism is the rejection of meaning being derived from something, that meaning being mind independent. So when people ask "what is the meaning of life", the Christian appeals to God, the atheist can say there is meaning, the nihilist says there is no objective meaning.




TLDR: So, on the question "is there meaning to life", the atheist, nihilist, and Christian all have different answers. I would disregard anyone saying otherwise.

 

[Deafheaven]

No, there haven't.

In fact, there has been more war and oppression in recorded history trying to get rid of religion.​

Sure thing brother

 

[Hoodoo Child]

I don't think one leads to the other. I could be wrong, but I'll try to explain it using Sports as an example.

Atheism = I don't think my team will ever win a championship. It's devoid of talent and the front office could care less. It is what it is

Existential Nihilism = This team ain't shyt and will never be shyt. Why am I even rooting for these bums? It's pointless

 

[Anton]

It doesn't, you can search my post history with "nihilism", I already broke it down. That opinion, the connection between the two, is really only had by people that don't understand either position. Simply put, atheism is the negation of a proposition, the proposition being "God is real", atheism makes the declarative "no", negating the prop. Nihilism, as it pertains to the general understanding, or what the average person should mean in order to maintain consistency, is simply life without meaning.

But what is very important, is that nihilism is the rejection of meaning being derived from something, that meaning being mind independent. So when people ask "what is the meaning of life", the Christian appeals to God, the atheist can say there is meaning, the nihilist says there is no objective meaning.




TLDR: So, on the question "is there meaning to life", the atheist, nihilist, and Christian all have different answers. I would disregard anyone saying otherwise.

Existential Nihilism means there isn't objective value or purpose to life. A purpose requires design or creation, which by definition doesn't happen in an atheistic universe.