[MD] Thoughts on Nihilism

[Matt Kundert]

Well done.  It should give Buddhists something to think about.

Matt

> The nihilism of the religious is often not recognized as such because
> it is often an optimistic sort of nihilism. The promise of the next
> world is thought to be the assurance of everything that one could ever
> think to hope for. But then, we know how that sort of thinking in the
> suicide bomber works out for the rest of us, so even optimistic
> nihilism can be something to be concerned about. Religious people who
> think that believing in God makes them immune to nihilism and the
> nihilism is part of "the atheism problem" should turn to the Bible and
> reread Ecclesiastes which has Solomon, son of David and renown for his
> wisdom, "Meaningless! Meaningless! Utterly meaningless! Everything is
> meaningless." Clearly even the Bible demonstrates that that nihilism
> is not just a problem for skeptics.
 		 	   		  
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