Am I a nihilist?

Question

I don't believe that God can possibly exist, that the Big Bang could have occured, or that evolution exists because all the theories are based on the causa sui.

Evolution is an example of the causa sui in that at the beginning, life had to have come from somewhere, but we don't really have a real explanation.

Answer 1

Well, that's not necessarily nihilism, nihilism means NOTHING has any meaning, not b/c of causa sui. But I have to say that evolution isn't causa sui as far as I can tell. And the big bang says nothing (so far) about the origin of the cosmic egg. But anyway, go for it.

(I'm a nihilist btw)

Answer 2

"Nihilism is a philosophical position, often associated with Friedrich Nietzsche. Although Nietzsche ridiculed Nihilism, he had done so under the definition of Fatalism. Nihilism argues that the world, especially past and current human existence, is without objective meaning, purpose, comprehensible truth, or essential value. Nihilists generally assert some or all of the following: there is no reasonable proof of the existence of a higher ruler or creator, a "true morality" is unknown, and secular ethics are impossible; therefore, life has no truth, and no action is known to be preferable to any other.[1]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihlism

The negatives you have described in and of themselves do not completely determine your identity as nihilist.

"Causa sui (meaning cause of itself in Latin) denotes something, which is generated within itself. This concept was central to the works of Spinoza, Freud, and Ernest Becker, where it relates to the purpose that objects can assign to themselves. In Freud and Becker's case, the concept was often used as an immortality vessel, where something could create meaning or continue to create meaning beyond its own life.

In traditional Western theism, God cannot be created by any other force or being, therefore God is either self-caused (causa sui) or uncaused."

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causa_sui"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causa_sui

Either causa sui is absolutely true in some sense or its exact opposite is absolutely true or there is no absolute for causa sui.

Infinite History.

"Nietzsche held that common to traditional religion and philosophy was the unstated but powerful motivating assumption that existence requires explanation, justification, or expiation. Both denigrated experience in favour of some other, "true" world."

http://www.marxists.org/glossary/people/n/i.htm#nietzsche-friedrich

True to what I wonder. The Judgment is negative, the Will is positive.

Answer 3

No, a nihilist embraces the world's inevitability. It is to understand that there is no meaning to life. Such a belief is a phase in the sequence of revelations a person may have. It starts with doubt in faith, etc., and eventual nihilism. This isn't to say that nihilism is something to be content with being. It is something to utilize to create one's own individual meaning for life. That is, one should not necessarily embrace nihilism, but rather understand its implications.

You're beliefs are still just that, beliefs. If you were a nihilist, it wouldn't matter whether there was a God, or if the Big Bang didn't happen. You seem sure that these things aren't real and thus you are not a nihilist. A nihilist's view is: "How can we ever know such things, so why bother?"

Answer 4

No! You are not a NIHILIST, sounds to me that you are an ATHEIST!
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Atheism is the disbelief in the existence of any deities. It is commonly defined as the denial of theism, amounting to the positive assertion that deities do not exist, or as the deliberate rejection of theism. In recent years, some atheists have adopted the terms strong and weak atheism to clarify whether they consider their stance one of positive disbelief (strong atheism) or the mere absence of belief.

Many self-described atheists share common skeptical concerns regarding supernatural claims, citing a lack of empirical evidence for the existence of deities. Other rationales for atheism range from the philosophical to the social to the historical. Additionally, although atheists tend toward secular philosophies such as humanism, naturalism, and materialism, there is no one ideology or set of behaviors that all atheists adhere to.

Atheism is not the destruction of morality; it is the destruction of supernatural morality. Likewise, atheism is not the destruction of happiness and love; it is the destruction of the idea that happiness and love can be achieved only in another world.

By severing any possible appeal to the supernatural -- which, in terms of human knowledge, means the unknowable -- atheism demands that issues be dealt with through reason and human understanding.
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Atheism:
http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/smith.htm

Answer 5

No, to be nihilist you have to wish that nothing had ever existed. You have to cry to the Heavens, "Why me?!?!?!" and fully expect that there will never be an answer. You have to believe that NOTHING will be your savior- and fervently wish for nothing to sweep over you and leave everything else behind.
But, this is a lot of stuff and nonsense, and even Nietschze was not thrilled with it.

Answer 6

Sounds like a boatload of nothingness, so I'd say yes, you are.
But all rational people go through this at some point.
But, you just might be an existentialist, that is if you think you alone are responsible for all your choices.