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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
The connection is that a lot of people for a long time thought that our values, morals, and meaning were all given by God. If people no longer believe in God then where do our values, morals and meaning now come from?
Life having no meaning is one definition of nihilism.
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Originally Posted by peter12
Nothing. I'm just interested.
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I'm not the person that you directed your question at but my own opinion is that many atheists are not nihilists but rather mostly likely could be described more as secular humanists. It does not mean you negate important meaning in your life (nihilism). It means a rejection of religious dogma as an explanation of the meaning of existence.