In defense of nihilism

Hi robinrohan, I think this is because the word denotes nothingness.I think that there are really 2 camps those who believe there is a reason for existance and those who do not. Maybe, but perhaps we are energy manifesting a mind that can precieve the universe and the purpose of this is still not understood.Existance may be a matter of concequence, but it is undeniable that the choice between there being something and there being nothing has been made.The word nihlism is nothingness, arbitrary, absurd, without reason. If this is the case then why is there something?Stephan Hawking once said something to the effect that the big question of how the universe came into being is really not the issue, rather why does the universe bother with existing at all.I believe that the meaning of life is existance. To survive, to exist to be.I salute all nihlist for they're intellectual bravery.

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"One is punished most for ones virtues" Fredrick Neitzche

Hello Omnivorous,
Thanks for your reply. Ok. I can see how the word choice would smack of a chooser.
There are 2 sets of conditions that are possible,
A. something
B. nothing
If it is arbitrary then set A. is just as probable as set B.
But set A was realized. Then again a new set of possibilities are there.
A. the density of the universe will allow for existance.
B. the density of the universe will not allow existance.
And we see again the realization of set A. in favor of existance.
Over and over the Cosmos is perpetuating a cascade of
of existance. Each arbitrary condition continually falling in favor of a something rather than nothing.