Relativism is something I don’t understand. I hear it often in
here. The way I understand it is that cultural relativism and moral
relativism or “any” kind of relativism poses things as “true” only in
a certain context. I know this is back to philosophy 101 for you
folks but I am asking you to help me understand this relative thing,
because I just don’t get it.
When I hear “well you know they do it this way in India” I think
to myself, yeah, well the Inca threw children into volcanoes, does
that make it RIGHT? I am not concerned with how they do it in Mumbai
unless it remains true in some bar in Minneapolis at closing time.
Moral and cultural relativism comes right out and tells you to your
face “there is no objective truth”
Well I an stunned! If I am going to spend my life “searching” for
something, well damitol , I want it to be the TRUTH! The ABSOLUTE
truth. Why on earth would anybody want to settle for less? “You
picked door number 4...BB! While we are saying it’s sort of true, it
is only valid in Ethiopia, and only under starry lit skies on certain
holidays past 7pm, but thanks for playing…..what do we have for him
Johnny?”
I want to know what is RIGHT AND WRONG…..period. I want to know
WHAT TO DO people! Not the version that changes with a warmer
climate. I want to know the truth. The truth means that it can’t be
wrong under any circumstances. What value is truth if it can skip off
on you like a thrown pebble in a lake?
I realize that "absolute" truth is….well…close…. to impossible.
Really close. Like detecting gravity waves close. It may not….(I
don’t even want to SAY it)…..it may not…even…..exist. WELL THAT
SUCKS AS FAR AS I AM CONCERED! How can someone live with something
like that? How do you sleep at night? Accepting a pseudo-truth?
That is like lying to yourself. That is like when you look in the
mirror with that angle of your face that you use? With that expression
that makes you “look pretty good?” That is what relativism is to me.
That is the best example I have for how I see relativism.
I want the brutal truth. I always considered that the best kind,
the only kind.
I want the un-cut unedited raw pure clear clean stabbing lightning
burn searing blow through your body supernova
hi-def symphony 18 year old girl in a bikini jump off the punk rock
stage arms outstretched swan dive into knowing feeling stroking
embracing licking the first bite of ice cream kiss the light warm
penetrating perfect swing blast pop your head light switch labyrinth
laid open streaming disc drive access paralyzing surge of calm though
the voltage of the pads when they yell “CLEAR”
I am not going to get that am I
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