I understand the rant but I am unsure of the question.
On Aug 22, 2:01 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
