Moffo: "Being an atheist at least, as far as i know, is not believing in anything. But when an atheist dies, im assuming they think that its all over. Isnt that still believing in something? (ie: that nothing happens)?? Or am i off track?"
That sounds a bit likea narrow track to me.
There are more things in the world to believe in or disregard than the concept of afterlife.
My understanding is this, in simple terms:
Nihilism is the belief in NOTHING.Nihilists arethe most cynical of people imo. (nothing wrong with cynicism but it can be taken to extremes) Nihilists disregard all notions of belief anything, be it family, love, god, nature. They basically think there is no purpose in anything.
A lot of people who drew the short straw at birth are prone to Nihilism... so its too easy to write them off as being losers.
Atheism is quite easy in comparison and almost the opposite to Nihilism in most places. Atheists simply don't believe in any religious system of belief. An Atheist, for example, can still believein family, football, cricket and the power of ron cooting.... yes, Atheists love their fellow and non-fellow human beings.
There's more to it but thats the general drift.
