I hate to call myself one, but seeing descriptions like this :
"Nihilism rejects faith in favor of an understanding of causal relationships. Nihilists reject the first pivot mentioned above, where a human sees the universe as somehow convergent upon the human being. In seeking such a view, a nihilist arrives at clarity regarding the relationship of human to universe: we are small components within a far larger and more complex system.
In doing so, nihilists throw away all reasons centered in what a human wants to believe, and instead focus on what it is logical to deduce or induce from the world at large, keeping in mind that humans are but a tiny portion of that world. It is a removal of anthropomorphism, a rejection of solipsism and narcissism, and a militant refusal to let “faith” stand in for understanding." (nihil.org)
But I can never throw a label on myself, and I will definitely not call myself an agnostic. That implies I don't qualify for a Nihilist label either. In any case, I used to believe in a weird abstract form of energy "God" and still had a view that everything was inherently meaningless unless we thought differently. I suppose some of us just weren't meant for labels...
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