Nihilism

by d 31 Replies latest jw friends

  • d
    d

    I just think people are really over worked and money obessed this is not good for humanity.This life of constant consumerism can and will destroy us.

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  • d
    d

    This life of ours is one of work and lack of a true sense of purpose and fullfillment.We really have run out our course and are slowly dying out as human beings.

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  • simon17
    simon17

    In the end, everything may very well be pointless. The human species will die out one day, mostly likely many many many lifetimes from now. Will they make it to the heat-death of the sun? Will they ever get to a new planet? Will a million perils get humans before that: exponential population growth, volcanic catastrophe, nuclear winter, disease, asteroid impact, climate change, mass extinction, fight to the death over resources? Its too much to think about, and it creates the mindset you're drenched with D.

    Of the people I have known and met, I would say people are generally good at heart. I can assure you there are wonderful people out there. And there are wonderful people out there, in pain, and dying for some goodness in their life (and are so deserving of it). Go out and be the special person in someone's life.

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  • d
    d

    I have read that people who are negative can suffer physcial and mental anguish.I do not know if this true,it has not happen to me yet.

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  • jgnat
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  • jgnat
    jgnat

    d, the book on time perspective I've just read suggests that people with your perspective tend not to plan and save for the future. Would you say that is true?

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  • d
    d

    I plan for the future but I still that it is not fair for say Justin Bieber to be 17 and sucessful while I am 20 yrs old and trying to complete college.

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  • jgnat
    jgnat

    You funny, d. Justin was preparing for a musical career since he was eight. It takes about 10,000 hours of effort, no matter who you are. From my perspective at fifty, I could consider my achievement to be a collossal failure compared to yours. Instead of going to college, I became a working single parent. That responsibility took a twenty-year chunk out of my life. I learn the old-fashioned way - through books - and I don't have a certificate to show the world what I know. Nevertheless, I am who I am and that is something; as unique as a crocus cresting the snow.

    You are not Justin Bieber - thank God - but your ambitions and dreams have their own uniqueness to add to the fabric of life.

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  • d
    d

    I see your point, jgnat but at times I feel that I success seems so far.It is taught that if you work hard, you can succeed, but I think that this not true.

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