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Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by LordReed(m): 10:03pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
JackBizzle: Read the response of Jon Sochaux here: https://www.quora.com/What-is-cosmic-nihilism 1 Like |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by Nobody: 10:07pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
budaatum: Forget nihilism! I deduced certain things with no respect to the thoughts of whatever philosopher! In other words, I can determine that life is baseless! Life is an absurdity! Life makes no sense! But I just have to survive for no reason! These things just happen! Google can tell you so many things about the processes that are carried out by living things! But these processes have no purpose! I am aware of infinity or the reality of the limitlessness of that which exists! So, I can determine that there are infinite things which just exist! Whatever you say or do can't change the fact that you are just another group of indivisible ageless objects which determine the pattern called budaatum that appears to whatever observer on Nairaland by chance! I have been exposed to budaatum by chance for no specific reason! So, budaatum can come up with anything and I will fire back if necessary because my head is burning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by budaatum: 10:37pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
shadeyinka: First, a system itself implies purpose since each part of the system must rely on other parts of the system for the system to function. But because I know you are a believer, I am reluctant to admit the existence of a beneficiary or a purposer because you would assume I mean God. The fact is that there obviously is a system of all the things that had to line up for humans to exist. The food chain is a clear example of a system required for humans to live. If it stopped existing, so likely would life unless it evolves. The Bible writers were aware of this fact hence Genesis 1, their understanding of the system. It's not literally true, as in, they made up the beneficiary purposer God Almighty, for instance, simply because, like all humans, they concluded from the little they knew and imagined such a being must exist, since, according to them, nothing can just become out of nothing. But who says so? Is "something out of nothing" not exactly what Genesis 1 describes? And if nothing can just become, how can one claim God just became? You may note their error by the little they wrote about the universe they claim was "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth". Nothing about the other planets, then suddenly, "the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters", with absolutely nothing said about the immense universe we now witness. The fact of the matter is no one really knows how or why the universe came into existence long before humans arrived to observe and record what they see despite whatever they may believe. And the wise keep on searching instead of (and my bad for this), claiming the Tree of Knowledge is a tree of death and that individuals who died 8 centuries after eating were killed by the fruit of knowledge they ate, which is clearly intellectual dishonesty and humpty dumpty logic. I guess the short of it is No. I buda can not agree that for there to be a purpose of a system, there must be a beneficiary! If that is true, God must have a beneficiary. And God's beneficiary must have a beneficiary. And God's beneficiary must have a beneficiary who must have a beneficiary. And God's beneficiary must have a beneficiary who must have a beneficiary who must also have a beneficiary. And so on and so on and so on ad infinitum and you'd have turtles all the way down. My recommendation would therefore be, keep knocking and asking and seeking till you get to the last turtle, as one very wise Messiah has taught us to do. www.nairaland.com/attachments/13184831_screenshot20210223212525_jpega364b69632fd94e76e9c587d18ba0ef1 |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by budaatum: 10:40pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
IamPlato: Yes we do create a purpose for ourselves, but only after we have accepted the purpose given to us by those who created us. Let me know you know who those are please so I know you comprende. |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by budaatum: 11:00pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
IamPlato:This already happened, so its easy to answer, but first I think I will need to ask "where am I", and if the answer is "here", I'd have to ask "what is the here that I am at". Then I might ask "how did I get here", and " when did I get here" before I get to your question of "why the heck am I here". And while I'm answering all those questions, I think I might have to give myself the purpose of "I better be here tomorrow", or I will not be finding any answers at all. Can you see from the above that my purpose can be, survive the day so that I can find out my purpose for being here? I assure you that if I do not fulfil my daily purpose I will never get to the point where I get to ask "why I am here", and my personal experience has shown me that my stomach will impose the fulfilment of its desires on me if I attempt to ignore it, and those who succeed in ignoring their stomach die due to their lack of purpose. IamPlato:Sorry, but the purpose called survival is achieved incrementally day by day, and the day one stops fulfilling it one will surely die! IamPlato:Yes it is, as inherited from that which they evolved from. Human beings themselves are a fulfilment of the purpose of living forms that preceeded them, that are purposes of living forms that preceeded them that are purposes of living forms that preceeded them ad infinitum and turtles and turtles, unless your view is that humans did not evolve of course. IamPlato:Impossible! You might succeed for a few days or weeks even, but you'd eventually starve to death unless you at least adopt filling your belly as your purpose or have a sugar daddy who requires nothing from you in return.. |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by budaatum: 11:07pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
HellVictorinho: I beg your pardon Hell, but you and I have determined that our life will not be purposeless and it will have reason. We have given ourselves the purpose to go and defeat boko haram with lyrics and books one day, so stop being absurd please and let us continue with the current purpose of learning to ensure our books and lyrics will be the best and most effective. |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by Nobody: 11:11pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
budaatum: Don't personalize these things. When I say life,I am referring to the co-extistence of all living things on Earth. |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by budaatum: 11:11pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
LordReed:Thank you my Lord for telling him. 1 Like |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by JackBizzle: 11:14pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
LordReed:From your Sochaux- Cosmicism states that there is no benevolent God watching over humanity, and that, in the vast scheme of the cosmos, stretching out to infinity, humanity and the individual are less than insignificant; indeed, nearly unnoticeable and invisible. Do you not agree with the above sentiment? If your answer is 'yes', then you are a cosmic nihilist. |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by budaatum: 11:14pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
HellVictorinho: To co-exist is a purpose, and is one you give to your very personal self. |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by JackBizzle: 11:14pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by Nobody: 11:15pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
budaatum: Survival has no purpose. |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by Nobody: 11:16pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
budaatum:Why the co-existence ![]() ![]() |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by Nobody: 11:18pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
JackBizzle:I don't need to agree with anyone here I don't need anyone to agree with me here. Life has no purpose. |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by budaatum: 11:20pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
JackBizzle: Sochaux, in the same piece, said: You escape Nihilism once you realize that it is a pseudo-philosophical position. It is pseudo-philosophical because the intuitions behind the position are so flawed that hardly any philosopher ever takes the position seriously intellectually. So, why would you even consider asking if it is believed unless you are the sort who believes pseudo-philosophy, which you wouldn't if you but understood? |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by JackBizzle: 11:21pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
LordReed: My point exactly- JackBizzle: |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by budaatum: 11:24pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
HellVictorinho: You are the one who said, "When I say life, I am referring to the co-existence of all living things on Earth", so why ask me "why" when it is you who should explain what you mean by it? |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by JackBizzle: 11:25pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
budaatum: See dodging. Simple question, you didn't answer. If Sochaux believes that Nihilism is pseudo-philosophy, I wonder why Neitzche is more popular than Sochaux among philosophers. |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by budaatum: 11:25pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
HellVictorinho: Survival is purpose in its own right. 1 Like |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by budaatum: 11:31pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
JackBizzle: Your question was meaningless! The person you quoted already called it "pseudo-philosophical because the intuitions behind the position are so flawed that hardly any philosopher ever takes the position seriously intellectually". So unless you are asking if one is stupid, I really do not see your point in asking. As for your "Nietzsche is more popular than Sochaux", would you say one must believe in God because God is more popular than the alternatives too? |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by Nobody: 11:35pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
budaatum: You shouldn't have called the co-existence a purpose. The co-existence is an accidental manifestation of consciousness or awareness by several structures simultaneously and it involves the performance of several activities. But there's no reason why these things happen. They just happen. |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by Nobody: 11:41pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
budaatum:Survival is the same thing as existence. If you have been able to survive since 2019,then it means you have been existing since 2019. You are not the only one that has been alive since then. There's no reason for the co-existence. |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by budaatum: 11:56pm On Feb 23, 2021 |
HellVictorinho: But it is a purpose. You can very well exist as an individual, but those who chose to coexist have consciously chosen coexistence as one of their purposes. This is very obvious by the mere fact that it, in your words, involves a "consciousness or awareness" (implying it is not accidental!), and the "performance of several activities" which do not "just happen" because you must voluntarily choose to make them happen! Basically, your supper does not go to the shop to buy the food and cook it for you so it can accidentally manifest as food in your mouth, Hell! |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by IamPlato(m): 12:05am On Feb 24, 2021 |
budaatum:Man has free will, he has the right to choose to or not to do. From what I see, surviving is a generic term for everything man does, from exploring to reproduction and educating. But surviving is a choice, he can choose not to because he has that ability. Who created us? God? Science? Evolution? Big Bang? Who? |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by budaatum: 12:13am On Feb 24, 2021 |
HellVictorinho: It is you who brought coexistence here, not me, so I do not know why you are arguing with yourself. Indeed you do not need to coexist. There are people who live on islands all by themself with no one near them to exist with. My simple point is that to exist, as in, to continue in a state of survival, is a purpose that you must do something in order to achieve. If you do nothing, unless others do something on your behalf, you will fail to achieve your purpose of existence. Even on an island all by yourself, the fish will not jump out of the ocean and into your pot that sits on your fire that ignited itself and into your belly to feed you. You must, I believe, get off your ass or starve. |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by budaatum: 12:22am On Feb 24, 2021 |
IamPlato:Agreed. IamPlato:And war, and lying, and deceiving, especially when we are being ignorant. IamPlato:Yes, survival is a choice. One does have the ability to commit suicide and terminate ones survival or continued existence. IamPlato:Now, this one is way above my paygrade since you are asking me a question about what might have happened billions of years ago. Perhaps you will be content with my answer to a different question that is within my paygrade instead, like: "Who created buda"? Answer: buda's mummy and daddy. 1 Like |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by IamPlato(m): 12:41am On Feb 24, 2021 |
budaatum:that's a diplomatic answer... I don't buy that, many have said that... What do you believe? How do you personally think man was created or bby who |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by budaatum: 1:03am On Feb 24, 2021 |
IamPlato:I am not a believer, Plato. I do not create crap inside my head and claim it is knowledge despite it being utter ignorance. To believe is to claim the little one thinks one knows is all there is to know. Once one believes, one stops learning. You may read Shade and I tackling it here. I mean, just look at the question you asked. You imply a creator, then you ask who. Who's to say humans were created? How do you know they did not arrive on earth from the planet zoghidecton or somewhere closer like Mars? I am an evolutionist however. I understand that humans evolved from humanoids that preceeded them as did they and so on to a single cell. But evolution starts after life occured and does not specifically state how life actually began, so the best you'd get from me is, buda does not have a clue how life began billions and billions of years ago. www.nairaland.com/attachments/13152958_notable02547_jpeg2a552f1e40eee3947fd578e6e174c42e |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by LordReed(m): 1:40am On Feb 24, 2021 |
JackBizzle: This is not from Jon's response. Read Jon's response in the linked page then we can discuss. EDITED 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by budaatum: 2:24am On Feb 24, 2021 |
LordReed: Here's a link so he does not miss it. https://www.quora.com/How-do-we-overcome-existential-nihilism/answer/Jon-Sochaux 1 Like |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by shadeyinka(m): 5:44am On Feb 24, 2021 |
budaatum:Could it be that wise humans are too proud to admit that they are finite and limited in their capacity to know all things. For as you rightly said: "a system itself implies a purpose" Unfortunately, these two propositions 1. Can a system which operates in a self fulfilling cycle be purposeless? 2. Can we agree that for there to be a purpose of a system, there must be a beneficiary! can only lead to one conclusion: an ultimate beneficiary of the overall system. For it is impossible to have an infinite regression of cause and effect! For me, logically, an UNCAUSED FIRST CAUSE must somehow exist. Beyond this, I believe the Intellectual capacity of humans even though great cannot attain. Note: just as we have proved that speeds exceeding the speed of light is impossible. budaatum:Christians believe that the narration of Gen1:1 and Gen1:2 are two distantly separated events. First was a creation and the second was a restoration (for nowhere will you see the creation of water for instance in Gen1:2). budaatum:Let's not reopen this budaatum:I guess that we know the answer and it's just purely a matter of nomenclature to call the Primary Beneficiary a name such as "God", "the Creator", "the Source", "the Primordial", etc. Do you think an infinite regression of Cause and Effect is logically possible ( with respect to existence)? budaatum:Just as we have logically and intellectually defined the term INFINITY, why not intellectually and logically define "the UNCAUSED FIRST CAUSE"! It would be an impossibility to find the number called infinite however long we search and wait. If we can logically and intellectually wrap our heads around this, the next intellegent proper question should be: If the UNCAUSED FIRST CAUSE exist, would (It/He) be a THING or a BEING? |
Re: The Paradox Of Nihilism- A Problem For Atheists And Humanists by LordReed(m): 5:59am On Feb 24, 2021 |
budaatum: Thanks my dear buda. 1 Like 1 Share |
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