Existentialism

I would also like to point out that my opponent took a debate knowing he would likely have to spend time elsewhere, wasting both my time reader, and yours. To me, I will tolerate it as my opponent acknowledged my patience, but i find it disrespectful personally. I am sure some of the readers here would say, "I find nothing wrong with the con. He had no intent on this and was not disrespectful". And that, again, is evidence of exitentialsim today. We both decided what was right and wrong for ourselves today. I believe my opponent to be disrepectful and wrong with his time management, and one of my fellow readers may not. This shows that existentialism is active today. And I would like to point out you can be religious "and" an existentialist. I myself discovered existentialism when I was currently christian. For two years, I identified myself as an existential christian, which is possible. There is even a web page on Wikipedia about christian existentialism. Here is the link if you wish to see:http://en.wikipedia.org...; Kierkegaard, known as the father of existentialism, was a christian himself!!!! Kierkegaard posited having a personal relationship with god that supersedes all prescribed moralities, social structures, and communal norms. The originator of my philosophy (as well as the discoverer of the philosophy that everyone enacts every single day. Such as when you either decide whether you want a burger or a hot dog for lunch using your "bias will" or opinion.) was a christian, and i am atheist! This is a philosophy that does not discriminate against any form of religion! Rather, it says/explains you can and you "do" choose how you want to live and decide your morality! Everyone can and is an existentialist! My opponent my argue that one of the most known philosophers and existentialist "Friedrich Nietzsch" was an athiest and despised Christianity for their "slave morality". I myself love Nietzsche and his even more grander scale of existentialism, but I disagree on how he sees christianity because (enacting my own philosophy) how we view things are subjective! Even my favorite philosopher Nietzsche can be seen wrong and right! It all depends on perspective, and in my perspective Nietzsche is wrong on that manner to an extant. But otherwise, Nietzsche just digs deeper into existentialism and realizes the full potential of the philosophy that we all enact today. You dont have to do how he does it. I dont. Nietzsche actuall encouraged man to have a mind set that was "not" influenced by others and was based on yourself (as long as it was reasonable with logic), and did not have to concur with others. We enact that today when you have a seperate friend who differs in beliefs with you. He believes one thing and wont let your ideology influence him, and the same of you to him.With these evidential and supported claims, I have shown that existentialism is something that everyone and anyone can enact. My opponent my argue Friedrich Nietzsche argued that religion restricts the full potential of existentialism to get you discouraged from the conept becasue you yourself might be religious. I concur with Nietzsche on that matter "to an extant", but not fully because that is how "he sees it", and perspective is subjective. I have only wished to show you my fellow readers that you enact this philosophy no matter what: you "chose" to pick this debate to read as an individual using your will to do so. I am not arguing that you embrace this philosophy because you already do. I wish to show you that "already have" embraced it when you were born. When you were a baby, you gave milk meaning because you wanted it. Milk by itself cannnot give meaning to itself nor anything else for that matter. Only the living can. Just like trees give meaning to the sun when it takes in sunlight for energy, or when a bird gives meaning to straw when it builds a nest: you give meaning to something everyday whether you noticed it or not. I only wish you recognize it. And if "you desire", not me, i would recommend you embrace existentialism like Nietzsche would advise. But if you choose not to, that is for you to decide and I would be proud of you reader either way because which ever way you decide, "YOU" are an existentialist. You are the decider of your fate in a fateless world.Actually, i just recognized my opponent my argue it might be fate that a baby might die when a subjective "bad man" could steal the baby and kill it. I would like to say that the baby, before it died gave the air meaning for it values air to give it life. Even if it is not intentional, life will give meaning, even before it dies, even at the smallest ages. I only wish that my reader recognizes that we and the universe do not have inherent meaning, value, purpose, or morals. But. We as living things are inherently existentialist. I cry out to my reader on a personal level as this means much "to me": live how you wish. Live happy. Or decide not to be. And if someone tries to force you to do something by threats and acts you would deem "evil", still know they are not you and cannot force you. If a man holds a gun to your head and says give him the money, you decide if he is good or bad in that instant. And you can also decide to die for your pride or what you value or fight back, or choose to give him the money. He's not forcing you to do anything, it just feels like he is. That my reader is an illusion. When the universe seems to force you to do a specific act, that is an illusion. The universe is not you! The universe does not control your will! Even god does not! If he was/is real, he gave/gives you free will! He doesnt force you to him! He lets you choose if/since he is real. Just know that everything that isnt biological or most things that arent physical, such as the abstract thoughts or wishes and dreams: it's a choice you make using your will. I hope again you recognize that we all are existentialist.