I'm going to answer in your style, BB, so ... Are the trumpets ready? The dancing girl's? The guy in the Elvis constume with the microphone? Ok ...
So, you want the truth, do you? The whole, plain, twenty-four hour day, seven-day week, unvarnished truth? Are you sure you can handle this? 1. You won't find it. *** 2. That doesn't matter. It's doing it, setting out on the journey to learn truth - or wisdom, the term I prefer to use - keeps bringing you closer, giving you new insights, making you stop and wonder at the beautiful complexity of life. It's its own reward. Francis On 22 Aug., 07:32, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
