[MD] Thoughts on Nihilism

[MarshaV]

Matt,

How so?  Buddhism doesn't state that everything is meaningless.


Marsha 




On Jul 24, 2010, at 6:12 PM, Matt Kundert wrote:

> 
> 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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