Volconvo is a debate forum for the discussion of political, religious, and news-based topics.

greendeath · Dec 5, 2003, 04:22 am

Is anyone else here a nihilist?

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=nihilism

That should explain it well enough.

Impenitent · Dec 5, 2003, 05:32 am

greendeath · Dec 5, 2003, 05:22 pm

I think nihilism is the only reasonable "religion" if you would consider it that. I consider it more of a belief that a religion but thats just me personally.

Impenitent · Dec 6, 2003, 01:13 am

it isn't anything...

dannyp · Dec 27, 2003, 04:48 am

sure it is its a term used to describe people that think nihilistically.

Capitalist Pig · Dec 27, 2003, 07:57 am

Nihilists are sad individuals who will never truly realize the beauty and significance of life, for as long as they continue with their subjective banter and pessismistic perspective. They do nothing but make excuses to say life is something that shouldn't be cherished. I pity the soul that does not realize the strength it harnesses within its mere mortal shell.

nature of reality · Dec 27, 2003, 11:06 am

nihilists are the saddest of the irrationals, who proclaim not only is the universe mediocre, but themselves as well.

*cough* VICTIM-COMPLEX! *cough*

dannyp · Dec 27, 2003, 03:43 pm

logically sound but as real word appliciability goes, it's unrealistic and boring, drab, and full of depressing excuses for existance.

Capitalist Pig · Dec 27, 2003, 06:09 pm

<blockquote>Quote:<hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (nature of reality,)
*cough* VICTIM-COMPLEX! *cough*<hr size="1" /></blockquote>Exactly. That's precisely my experience, as well.

Section 8 · Dec 29, 2003, 07:57 pm

Nihilists are not sad individuals, nor do they have a victim complex. They recognize humans as just an animal, and believe that humans should stop creating false ideas and morals, and instead submit to their animal instincts. They also believe all is relative. Some also believe that the ruling class creates all morals.

darwinist · Dec 30, 2003, 12:24 pm

<blockquote>Quote:<hr size="1" />Originally Posted by
# Philosophy.

1. An extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence.
2. A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
<hr size="1" /></blockquote>

I have to ask the question, what on earth are you all doing on a debate site?

If you all really believe in the above Philosophy. No of us existence. Even if we do, you can not know anything or communicate that fact.

Impenitent · Jan 8, 2004, 09:42 pm

nothing has any value, everything is subjective...

nothing can be rationally shown to be the case, there is change and that is all there is...

I am here because I enjoy it, no other reason is necessary...

darwinist · Jan 15, 2004, 08:39 am

<blockquote>Quote:<hr size="1" />Originally Posted by
nothing has any value, everything is subjective...

nothing can be rationally shown to be the case, there is change and that is all there is...

I am here because I enjoy it, no other reason is necessary...<hr size="1" /></blockquote>

So this post has no value. You are being ill-rational. Plus your very of enjoying yourself is subjective!!!

Your pretty messed up!

Impenitent · Jan 15, 2004, 09:19 am

nothing has value... except that which one gives it! ALL is subjective...

Greg Campbell · Jan 23, 2004, 03:59 am

I wouldnt say it doesnt excist, because everything excists in our mind, and what else is there to judge. I think we create this world with our views and expectations. We expect something logical to happen in mass numbers so it logically does

OBKB · Jan 23, 2004, 06:31 am

O Liberty, thou art the god of my idolatry! Liberty does not like bended knees. In Liberties vast and un-walled temple, beneath the roofless dome, star-gemmed and luminous with suns, believers stand erect! Believers of Liberty do not cringe, or crawl, or bend their foreheads to the earth. The dust has never borne the impress of their lips. Liberty does not ask mothers to sacrifice their babes, nor human kind their rights. Liberty does not ask of human kind for things that good folk hate -- the whip, the chain, the dungeon key. Liberty has no popes, no priests, who stand between their fellow men and Liberty. Liberty does not care about foolish forms, or selfish prayers. At Liberties sacred shrine hypocrisy does not bow, superstition's feeble tapers do not burn, virtue does not tremble, but reason holds aloft an inextinguishable torch whose holy light will one day flood the world.

Famicommie · Jan 23, 2004, 12:33 pm

Nihilism is an anachronism.

Friedrich · Jan 23, 2004, 06:50 pm

I used to be a "nihilist," believing that nothing is true, exists, or has any value -- until I asked myself whether nihilism is true, exists or has any value as a theory. If it does, then it must be false; but if it doesn't, then it is also false and I can forget about it. Then I started to get a headache and decided to go back to my funny cigarette with the strange aroma and to enjoying my action movies and beer.

Plasma Snake[D] · Oct 20, 2005, 08:30 am

Alright ummm, I consider myself to be a nihilist, and I dont think life is valueless. I think nihilism opens your eyes into the REAL beauty of reality. Religious and those with morals and values very often overlook what is real, like science and such. I love to try to understand how the universe works and how things are. After you realize that we are just aomeba on the surface of a big planet then your eyes are opened to the truth a little more. My mind does flips when I try to visualize the universe in all its scales and weirdness. How there are universes within universes(ever wonder what an atom looks like?)How matter collects into spheres cause of electromagetism(?) or whatever(jupiter blows my mind, all that gas). I dont think human life is worthless or special or right or wrong, we just are, and if someone says they are a nihilist and that they hate people, well thats not cause of nihilism, its cause of other unrelated anger problems.

Its just a cause and effect universe after all, faith is at your own risk and can you please quiet down im trying to jerk off.

belverron · Oct 20, 2005, 12:33 pm

Quote:

Rejection of all distinctions in moral or religious value and a willingness to repudiate all previous theories of morality or religious belief.

This definition only I fit fairly well. It's not that I don't have morals and values; it's that I don't recognize them as better than anyone else's.

Dec 5, 2003, 05:32 am	#2 (permalink) (top)
Impenitent Hot Lava Posts: 1,859	yep "I really like this jacket, but the sleeves are much too long..." insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results...

Dec 6, 2003, 01:13 am	#4 (permalink) (top)
Impenitent Hot Lava Posts: 1,859	it isn't anything... "I really like this jacket, but the sleeves are much too long..." insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results...

Dec 27, 2003, 04:48 am	#5 (permalink) (top)
dannyp projects himself Posts: 130	sure it is its a term used to describe people that think nihilistically. projectdp.com :: thinktankforums.com

Dec 27, 2003, 07:57 am	#6 (permalink) (top)
Capitalist Pig Market Anarchist Location: United States Posts: 650	Nihilists are sad individuals who will never truly realize the beauty and significance of life, for as long as they continue with their subjective banter and pessismistic perspective. They do nothing but make excuses to say life is something that shouldn't be cherished. I pity the soul that does not realize the strength it harnesses within its mere mortal shell. Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito, qua tua te Fortuna sinet.

Dec 27, 2003, 11:06 am	#7 (permalink) (top)
nature of reality Molten Ash Posts: 134	nihilists are the saddest of the irrationals, who proclaim not only is the universe mediocre, but themselves as well. cough VICTIM-COMPLEX! cough Whats wrong with Liberty?

Dec 5, 2003, 04:22 am	#1 (permalink) (top)
greendeath Molten Ash Posts: 47	Is anyone else here a nihilist? http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=nihilism That should explain it well enough.

Dec 5, 2003, 05:22 pm	#3 (permalink) (top)
greendeath Molten Ash Posts: 47	I think nihilism is the only reasonable "religion" if you would consider it that. I consider it more of a belief that a religion but thats just me personally.

Dec 27, 2003, 03:43 pm	#8 (permalink) (top)
dannyp projects himself Posts: 130	logically sound but as real word appliciability goes, it's unrealistic and boring, drab, and full of depressing excuses for existance. projectdp.com :: thinktankforums.com

Dec 27, 2003, 06:09 pm	#9 (permalink) (top)
Capitalist Pig Market Anarchist Location: United States Posts: 650	</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (nature of reality,) cough VICTIM-COMPLEX! cough<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>Exactly. That's precisely my experience, as well. Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito, qua tua te Fortuna sinet.

Dec 29, 2003, 07:57 pm	#10 (permalink) (top)
Section 8 Hot Lava Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 782	Nihilists are not sad individuals, nor do they have a victim complex. They recognize humans as just an animal, and believe that humans should stop creating false ideas and morals, and instead submit to their animal instincts. They also believe all is relative. Some also believe that the ruling class creates all morals.

Dec 30, 2003, 12:24 pm	#11 (permalink) (top)
darwinist Igneous Magma Location: Netherlands Posts: 200	</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by # Philosophy. 1. An extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence. 2. A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. <hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'> I have to ask the question, what on earth are you all doing on a debate site? If you all really believe in the above Philosophy. No of us existence. Even if we do, you can not know anything or communicate that fact. What goes 'up', must come 'down', unless it goes around and round.

Jan 8, 2004, 09:42 pm	#12 (permalink) (top)
Impenitent Hot Lava Posts: 1,859	nothing has any value, everything is subjective... nothing can be rationally shown to be the case, there is change and that is all there is... I am here because I enjoy it, no other reason is necessary... "I really like this jacket, but the sleeves are much too long..." insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results...

Jan 15, 2004, 08:39 am	#13 (permalink) (top)
darwinist Igneous Magma Location: Netherlands Posts: 200	</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by nothing has any value, everything is subjective... nothing can be rationally shown to be the case, there is change and that is all there is... I am here because I enjoy it, no other reason is necessary...<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'> So this post has no value. You are being ill-rational. Plus your very of enjoying yourself is subjective!!! Your pretty messed up! What goes 'up', must come 'down', unless it goes around and round.

Jan 15, 2004, 09:19 am	#14 (permalink) (top)
Impenitent Hot Lava Posts: 1,859	nothing has value... except that which one gives it! ALL is subjective... "I really like this jacket, but the sleeves are much too long..." insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results...

Jan 23, 2004, 03:59 am	#15 (permalink) (top)
Greg Campbell Sedimentary Rock Posts: 5	I wouldnt say it doesnt excist, because everything excists in our mind, and what else is there to judge. I think we create this world with our views and expectations. We expect something logical to happen in mass numbers so it logically does

Jan 23, 2004, 06:31 am	#16 (permalink) (top)
OBKB Sedimentary Rock Posts: 5	O Liberty, thou art the god of my idolatry! Liberty does not like bended knees. In Liberties vast and un-walled temple, beneath the roofless dome, star-gemmed and luminous with suns, believers stand erect! Believers of Liberty do not cringe, or crawl, or bend their foreheads to the earth. The dust has never borne the impress of their lips. Liberty does not ask mothers to sacrifice their babes, nor human kind their rights. Liberty does not ask of human kind for things that good folk hate -- the whip, the chain, the dungeon key. Liberty has no popes, no priests, who stand between their fellow men and Liberty. Liberty does not care about foolish forms, or selfish prayers. At Liberties sacred shrine hypocrisy does not bow, superstition's feeble tapers do not burn, virtue does not tremble, but reason holds aloft an inextinguishable torch whose holy light will one day flood the world. Immortality: Liberty's final frontier

Jan 23, 2004, 12:33 pm	#17 (permalink) (top)
Famicommie Sedimentary Rock Location: Ubi Cunnus Regnet Posts: 6	Nihilism is an anachronism. Welfare reforms? Kill the poor!

Jan 23, 2004, 06:50 pm	#18 (permalink) (top)
Friedrich Molten Ash Posts: 40	I used to be a "nihilist," believing that nothing is true, exists, or has any value -- until I asked myself whether nihilism is true, exists or has any value as a theory. If it does, then it must be false; but if it doesn't, then it is also false and I can forget about it. Then I started to get a headache and decided to go back to my funny cigarette with the strange aroma and to enjoying my action movies and beer.

Oct 20, 2005, 08:30 am	#19 (permalink) (top)
Plasma Snake[D] Cause for Concern Location: Planet Earth Posts: 664	Alright ummm, I consider myself to be a nihilist, and I dont think life is valueless. I think nihilism opens your eyes into the REAL beauty of reality. Religious and those with morals and values very often overlook what is real, like science and such. I love to try to understand how the universe works and how things are. After you realize that we are just aomeba on the surface of a big planet then your eyes are opened to the truth a little more. My mind does flips when I try to visualize the universe in all its scales and weirdness. How there are universes within universes(ever wonder what an atom looks like?)How matter collects into spheres cause of electromagetism(?) or whatever(jupiter blows my mind, all that gas). I dont think human life is worthless or special or right or wrong, we just are, and if someone says they are a nihilist and that they hate people, well thats not cause of nihilism, its cause of other unrelated anger problems. Its just a cause and effect universe after all, faith is at your own risk and can you please quiet down im trying to jerk off.