In my sixth note, I only mentioned three “base” philosophies. However, it is possible to go further philosophically than I have. The three philosophies mentioned all have a root of sorts within the ideas of existentialism, nihilism, and pessimism. All three of these are essentially the same, and will be treated as such (for our purposes). The best way to quickly define these ideas is to say that they result in realization of meaninglessness. “We're born, we live, we die” is the essential truth of these philosophies. This is fair enough, and true if there is no God. This purposelessness is exactly the reason I am not an existentialist. It amounts to nothing (see the book of Ecclesiastes for a biblical perspective on this), no matter how hard humans try. My note on Nietzsche discusses his ideas further, but whoever is an existentialist will surely have much explaining to do to his Creator in the divine judgment seat.
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