Disclaimer: This post will focus on a few topics outside, but related to, nihilism. If you don’t want to read about atheism than this post isn’t for you. Just to clarify, to be an atheist one does not need to be a nihilism or vice versa, I’m just acknowledging the connection I see between the two.
I’ve been thinking about the public perception of atheism and nihilism recently, and it seems to me that many think of these as “edgy”, pseudo-beliefs (or non-beliefs) that only prove an amount of immaturity on the part of the believer or non-believer. This misconception is not helped by the few who wish to propagate these ideas through intense and constant arguments and unnecessarily bring these ideas up. Even though the people who do this are in the minority, I just want to ask those who might find themselves bringing up these ideas just to start a debate or conversation to give pause and really think about the context of the situation. Is it appropriate to bring it up? Is everyone involved interested in having a discussion? Will bring it up seem arbitrary or forced? If you answer yes to any of these questions than please reconsider your course of action.
Metaphysical Downer 