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Life has no meaning. We give it meaning.

I make this comment in every "meaning of life" thread made on this forum.

The madman is in "gay science", so that's like saying "read the allegory of the cave" without reading the entire Republic.

Zarathustra is the ultimate.

And that's why we have philosophy. To counteract this selfishness and open up people's minds.

To truly appreciate philosophy it's best to go from ancient greece all the way through to 20th century existentialism. However, most of the works may be difficult reads for you.

Anybody else on...

But this is how the predominance of Christianity came to be...killing innocent people and forcing them to covert. Thou Shall Not Kill? How hypocritical.

And that's why we argue against theistic philosophy.

Nihilists lack the will humanity needs to finally move forward. Theists lack the way of thinking it takes to move forward. If people would start putting faith in themselves (and out of imaginary...

It depends on your level of education and reading comprehension.

I never said I feared death. I was giving advice to those who do.

And Epicurus was a party boy whose philosophy plagued Roman values.

...and christians believe they have a soul.

I forgot where it is as well.

for some reason the word "crusade" is screaming in my head.

Here is a good video from Carl Sagan about the universe. It's funny as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOYfG0QGG0

yea the cave allegory is good. I haven't read anything from Fromm. I just know about his work in psychology.

I perceive him as that as well. Still on topic.

This video owned. I would like to see some rebuttal if you masters of spin can handle it. :lol:

I'm watching the "unintelligent design" right now.

I'm glad their brainwashing techniques worked on you.

Then that contradicts this "christian freewill" you all speak of.

thanks for the logical input. :lol:

I love watching you spin things in an attempt to protect christianity.

lucifer was made up by people because once you have a good god you need a bad one. reminds me of the doctrine of opposites.

weepingforloman, maybe in college you'll be ready to read zarathustra because you definitely didn't understand it the first time around.

I said "don't" physically exist. There is no evidence of their existence.

Good, there is still hope for awakening.

And red, there are plenty of people who believe in god and reject the idea of ghosts and spirits on earth.

You are missing the point of philosophy and you are forgetting what it's done for mankind.

You can't really win an argument against a nihilist either.

Rob from the "philosophy now" forums says...