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Truth is Relative

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ReverendDG
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08-10-2007 4:53 AM 		Reply to: Message 4 by Hyroglyphx
08-10-2007 1:42 AM

Re: Is truth relative?
No matter how you phrase it, you'll end up committing a fatal flaw. You can't deny an absolute without asserting another.
its a paradox and a meaningless one at that
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a better one would be To say that there are no absolute truths is the closest possible thing to an absolute truth.
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we live in cultures that believe in absolutes, i believe we exist, funny that there are people who don't
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of course i don't believe moral absolutes exist which is different, than what you seem to like to bring up as a red herring
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ReverendDG
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08-12-2007 8:01 PM 		Reply to: Message 15 by Hyroglyphx
08-10-2007 8:56 PM

Re: Is truth relative?
There is nothing paradoxical or meaningless about it, DG. Better yet, is what you said absolutely true?
i think it is meaningless, since you seem to think asking the same question over and over again adds anything to the debate.
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But by saying it, you are using one, in which case, if there really were not, then what you've just said is meaningless. Saying there are no absolutes is employing an absolute in order to deny it at the same time.
but i no longer said that, did you bother to not read my quote? it is saying it might as well be, which i agree with.
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i think the fact is nothing related to humans is absolute, after all the meaning of absolute can not be used with humans. an absolute truth would be something that is right all times in any context without contradicting itself.
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i've never heard of one that deals with humans that is absolute.
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