I think I agree with you here Ian. I have almost finsihed reading my latest bog book (a book one reads on the bog) which is in essance Sartre's answer to his critics concering some of the normal accusations leveled at the existential philosophy.
In it he speaks of subjectivity and the history of humainty, which as you know by know is certianly one of 'my bags' umm perhaps then it just highlights the fultility of my quest to understand these differant mindsets mankind has,(read subjectivity) maybe, maybe not, I think I shall carry on looking, for now anyway. On 24 Aug, 12:06, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/8/24 [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > > > However that of course does not help our Athiest freinds, what of them > > I wonder? > > As I see it... in philosophy absolute truths are impossible. Your notion of > God could be entirely contradictory to someone else's, yet they believe it, > see supporting evidence for it, and feel it no less fervently. They might > even believe their immortal soul is in jeopardy unless they murder you for > your false worship. There's either: A) a genuine dichotomy on a principle of > truth; or B) you're both idiots. Occam's razor would favour B. :) > > I don't see the idea of absolute truth as particularly important, > personally. It seems, too, that those who try to build their moral > philosophy or faith upon such a concept are invariably made fools by > history. > > I always liked this quote by Voltaire: > > "Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd". > > Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
