I'm a nihilist

I don't care where I fit in...I'm just here to piss everyone off...

I like you }(

Modern society without religion would be like a crazed maniac without a chainsaw.

it ain't even funny.

...what my dad used to say...

I mean, say what you will about nationalized socialism, Dude. At least it's an ethos."

That means you aren't a nihilist.

A breathing nihilist is like a luddite on the internet.

Just a general observation on how my behavior affects other people...(animals seem to be unaffected)

For those raised in religious houses that simply do not take to the religious upbringing or those that later discover they don't buy it the collapse of everything they were taught can destroy a bit more than just a belief in god. Many build up their sense of reason for being from their beliefs. With everything behind it suddenly seen as fraudulent the reason for life gets the boot as well.

There seems to be some sense on the part of most that life is supposed to have a reason given to it by an external source. This need not be true. Life may have no inherant reason. But this doesn't mean that we cannot apply our own sensibilities to it and give our life our own reason.

Life has no purpose other than what we make of it. We are more than able to come up with our own sense of what to do with life.

I call an animal, a species, an individual depraved when it loses its instincts, when it chooses, when it prefers what is harmful to it. . . . I consider life itself instinct for growth, for continuance, for accumulation of forces, for power: where the will to power is lacking there is decline. My assertion is that this will is lacking in all the supreme values of mankind—that values of decline, nihilistic values—hold sway under the holiest names.

;)

...that must be exhausting."

Main Entry: ni·hil·ism
Pronunciation: 'nI-(h)&-"li-z&m, 'nE-
Function: noun
Etymology: German Nihilismus, from Latin nihil nothing -- more at NIL
1 a : a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless b : a doctrine that denies any objective ground of truth and especially of moral truths
2 a (1) : a doctrine or belief that conditions in the social organization are so bad as to make destruction desirable for its own sake independent of any constructive program or possibility (2) capitalized : the program of a 19th century Russian party advocating revolutionary reform and using terrorism and assassination b : TERRORISM

So, as a nihilist, do you believe that existence is senseless and useless, or do you deny any objective (or moral) truths?

Or, are you of the opinion that everything has become so bad that destruction is appropriate even for it's own sake?