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#790 Conor Cunningham: Theology, Nihilism, and Evolutionary Theory

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The Paradox of Nihilism

Do you think that logically speaking, it is possible for someone to be one sort of nihilist and not all the other kinds? Or do you think that's not coherent? Good question. I think it takes an awful lot of delicate balancing sophisticated hypocrisy. Because one will hemorrhage into the other if one is consistent. But in bourgeois terms again, we do a wonderful balancing act of hypocrisy, hence out striking for justice, whilst declaring that people don't exist. So I don't know, I think it's just hypocrisy and it's self-serving. And maybe in Darwinian sense, we, you know, it's survival. Maybe our society is simply about functioning.

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