{"id":211764,"date":"2020-02-20T16:51:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T00:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=211764"},"modified":"2020-02-21T17:48:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T01:48:29","slug":"conquer-nihilism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/20\/conquer-nihilism\/","title":{"rendered":"CONQUER NIHILISM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nihilism: the philosophy that nothing is worth pursuing in life, because life and existence has no meaning. Note this happens most often to intelligent atheists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us consider&#8211; if God (or gods) don&#8217;t exist, if heaven\/hell doesn&#8217;t exist, and an afterlife doesn&#8217;t exist&#8211; then what? What is the point of living? How can we live in this world where there is no ultimate purpose or destination?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is where your personal courage is needed. The new strength you need to posit your own new life goals. To demand greatness from yourself, and to <strong>posit yourself as a goal unto yourself<\/strong>. Your goal in life:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>To become the most insanely great individual you can.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Self-positing yourself, and your own life goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"216\" data-attachment-id=\"211796\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/juggernaut-gif\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/juggernaut-gif.gif?fit=498%2C216&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"498,216\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Juggernaut: Metaphorical breaking through walls of fear gif\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Juggernaut: Metaphorical breaking through walls of fear&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/juggernaut-gif.gif?fit=498%2C216&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/juggernaut-gif.gif?resize=498%2C216&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-211796\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nihilism: the philosophy that nothing is worth pursuing in life, because life and existence has no meaning. Note this happens most often to intelligent atheists. Let us consider&#8211; if God (or gods) don&#8217;t exist, if heaven\/hell doesn&#8217;t exist, and an afterlife doesn&#8217;t exist&#8211; then what? What is the point of living? 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