a word to mean "doesnt believe in anything"
isnt the word atheist?
caus the word i heard was Nilist? Nileist? something with a Nil beginning.?
anyone clarify for me plz?
2006-11-13 09:56:31 · 9 answers · asked by uhohspaghettiohohs 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A Nihilist does not believe in laws and rules
An Atheist believes there is no god.
See the difference?
2006-11-13 09:59:14 · answer #1 · answered by Clarkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nihilist?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nihilist
total rejection of established laws and institutions.
2. anarchy, terrorism, or other revolutionary activity.
3. total and absolute destructiveness, esp. toward the world at large and including oneself: the power-mad nihilism that marked Hitler's last years.
4. Philosophy. a. an extreme form of skepticism: the denial of all real existence or the possibility of an objective basis for truth.
b. nothingness or nonexistence.
5. (sometimes initial capital letter) the principles of a Russian revolutionary group, active in the latter half of the 19th century, holding that existing social and political institutions must be destroyed in order to clear the way for a new state of society and employing extreme measures, including terrorism and assassination.
6. annihilation of the self, or the individual consciousness, esp. as an aspect of mystical experience.
2006-11-13 09:58:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me the word "believe" has gotten the human race in plenty of trouble. In Naples that believe that St .Roccos blood boils every year in a vial . The malsems believe that mohamudds horse left its hoof print on a rock , the list of absurdities is endless. I will only accept things which are logical , reasonable , and are illuminated by the spirit of truth. For instance : Gods love .
2006-11-13 10:25:24 · answer #3 · answered by samssculptures 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the word you probably mean is nihilist.
Nihilists generally assert some or all of the following: there is no reasonable proof of the existence of a higher ruler or creator, therefore, life has no truth, and no action is known to be preferable to any other
it is total rejection of established rules and institutions, which is very different from atheism, which is just belief in no gods.
2006-11-13 10:01:06 · answer #4 · answered by love*pink 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
atheist doesn't believe in god
nihilist doesn't believe in any "structure" I think they still beleive the world exists, but no philosophy or meaning to anyhting.
www.m-w.com
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
2006-11-13 09:58:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nihilist: a person rejecting moral values.
2006-11-13 10:00:22 · answer #6 · answered by Imogen Sue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nihilist.
Atheists don't believe in god. Nihilists don't believe in any preestablished concepts as givens.
2006-11-13 09:57:23 · answer #7 · answered by Phil 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nihilistic....
2006-11-13 09:59:46 · answer #8 · answered by Blondie B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignorant- same thing
2006-11-13 09:58:27 · answer #9 · answered by St. Mike 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋