Is there any such thing as an absolute?

Taking this back into the realm of faith/belief....I believe that Gods reality is an unchangeable absolute, but due to the allowance of satan and alternate "reality" or perception we are allowed to make up opposites.This of course was initially made possible by God having allowed free will.Edited by Phat, : No reason given.

In essence, are you suggesting that a personal decision to believe an absolute way is better than an edict or demand compelling you to do so?Is it a human right to decide whether something is absolute or not in terms of belief?

Oh oh...sounds like I hear another protest against being relatively unable to proclaim ones own absolute hence rendering true freewill a farce.

If God exists and is the Creator of all things seen and unseen,should He allow humans the right to be autonomous in regards to our beliefs and philosophy?Why or why not?As far as science goes, everything is tentative anyway...awaiting further information.We could say that certain things are absolutes...such as the laws of gravity...assuming we allow for new absolutes to erase old absolutes as our knowledge increases.

I would point out that this is a good reason why God would have hypothetically allowed an alternate reality....if for nothing else than to showcase His absoluteness. This alternate reality can be described as Satan, but it can also be described as "self". True communion allows a loss of self as the community becomes one. True selfishness would justify autonomy as a desirable trait. Does that make sense?

Perhaps the question: Would absolute freedom free us forGods foreknown purpose or would it free us from any interference by any entity--God or not--that we may fulfill our destiny our way?The God that I conceive of is far wiser than I am and thus I have no problem allowing His destiny and purpose to manifest through me.If another guy wanted to wing it entirely on his own, I would say go knock yourself out. One could argue, however, that everyone's destiny is a foreknown absolute--regardless how we arrive at that end.

How about a choice between a best option and a second best option?I know I know....who judges the value of the options?My answer? YOU DO!

Perhaps we only even have the option of being subjective and relative due to Gods good graces.Complain about Him if you must...but you wouldn't even have that option were it not for Him.

Does this mean that usefulness is the criteria for accepting any truth and that...practically speaking....any "absolutes" we humans adapt are essentially relative to the rest of the culture?

Extrapolating your argument, lets say for the sake of argument that Jesus declared that He was the truth. Based on your logic, Jesus claimed that He was useful. In fact, He was the most useful way to God.The argument, however, is this: Can any one ideology possibly be useful to all?