Everything Is Relative
feba thatl
febaen at gmail.com
Tue Mar 11 14:08:27 CDT 2008
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Phil Thayer <phil.thayer at vitalsite.com> wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gene Dascher [mailto:gedascher at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:11 PM
> > To: kclug at kclug.org
> > Cc: Phil Thayer
> > Subject: RE: Everything Is Relative
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kclug-bounces at kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces at kclug.org] On
> > Behalf Of Phil Thayer
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:57 PM
> > To: Luke -Jr; kclug at kclug.org
> > Subject: RE: Recycling subject lines saves trees (was Re: Stop
> > editingthedamnsubject (was Re: The End Of Western
> > Civilization(wasRe:RoadRunner nonsense (was Re: fwd: RE: STFU RE))
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> > >> That is only true to a limited extent. You omit to
> > consider that Islam
> > >> is false. When taken into consideration that only one
> > religion is in
> > >> fact true, you will realize that heresy, as well as
> > morality and such,
> > >> as quite objective.
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> > >True. There is only one true religion. That would be the one that a
> > person believes to be true.
> > >Whatever that religion may be. Which is all relative to that person.
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> > So what about the concept of Absolute or Universal or Objective Truth?
> > If I'm reading your statement above, you're saying that there is NO
> > Absolute Truth.
> > Is that a true statement?
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> True. Because Absolute implies that everyone knows all things, whether
> they are currently known or not. In monotheistical faiths the only
> Absolute is the Absolute of a divine power or entity. As far as
> religion goes it is and will always be a personal choice by which people
> live their lives and pay the consequences for. Don't confuse religion
> with a belief in the Absolute truth, or a belief in a devine power or
> entity. Religion is a means by which people can congregate in an manner
> agreeable to a group so that they can share in their common convictions.
> Because two groups of people choose to commune with an Absolute entity
> or power in different ways does not make one group right while the other
> may be wrong. They are both communing with the same Absolute power or
> entity but are doing it in a different manner that may not be agreeable
> with the other group. What would happen in this world if all the groups
> gathered together and tried to commune at the same time with the
> Absolute power or entity? The only true belief would be the last person
> standing.
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Would someone please care to explain to me why the hell people are
talking about the nature of reality on a LUG mailing list?
Did someone bring up quantum computers and not tell me?
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