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Have you ever learned something so impactful that it stuck with you for years? I had one of these rare experiences during my very first lecture, when I took an existentialism course in the Philosophy department. While most of my knowledge on primary school and Secondary school went out the window the moment I finished the final exam, there was one lesson that has stayed with me for the past two years: the lesson on active nihilism. When most people hear the term nihilist, they might imagine a man sitting in a dark, windowless room, sombrely contemplating the meaninglessness of his existence. Though nihilism can lead some people into despondency, it can also function as a path to personal fulfilment. As a start, nihilism is commonly defined as the belief that life is meaningless. A fuller definition would further add that nihilism is the belief that life has no objective meaning. In other words, nihilists suppose that there is no single, factually correct meaning to life that unites all of humanity. Nihilism and religion are therefore essentially incompatible, because most religions argue in favour of a universal purpose for human life, while most irreligious people are forced to admit that no such purpose could exist - the laws of physics alone cannot create meaning.

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