On 24 Aug, 12:06, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2009/8/24 [email protected] <[email protected]>
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> > 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.
So, let me get this straight. You have a philosophy that, in
philosophy, absolute truths are impossible. How do you get past the
dichotomy of having such a contradictory absoloute truth in your
philosophy? Alternatively, if you back off from the statement and say
that your statement above is only a relative truth, it, then,
logically allows for absolute truths to exist and {that they could} be
duly ignored by you. Tricky stuff, Ian. Personally, I don't think
you've stated your whole case, here.
>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
The quote is good, but one wonders if Voltaire was certain about
the statement or if he had doubts. As I said, elseswhere, here. I
think that "Energy Exists" is as close to an absolute truth as we can
get. All phenomena are dependent upon the truth of that statement.
And who has ANY evidence to the contrary?
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