Nihilism Flashcards
(9 cards)
What does Nihilism mean?
Nihilism is the belief that life has no meaning.
What do Nihilists believe about life after death?
They believe that there is nothing after death.
What do pessimistic Nihilists believe?
They believe that life is meaningless and death is the end.
What do optimistic nihilists believe?
They believe that it us up to us to give life meaning as there is nothing after we die.
Thought about their being no afterlife and no god to evaluate us? (Negative)
If there is no afterlife and no god to judge us it doesn’t matter how we live our life as long as we do what we want.
Opinion about their being no afterlife and no God to evaluate us? (positive)
If there is no afterlife and no god to judge us we should live our life as well as we can as we only have one chance at life?
Why do Christians not believe in Nihilism?
Christians do not believe in nihilism as they believe that if Jesus got resurrected they too will be resurrected.
Does believe in resurrection give your value more life than a nihilist? (Against)
No as if Nihilists believe that this is the end optimal nihilists will value this life more than anyone else as they have been given the opportunity to have a life.
