Wouldn't that choice be relative to shifting values and ideas- or it could be moral relativism to justify behaviors- or decisions made with little info or arbitrary moods and desires.
What teenager truly has enjoyed their youth? :-) On Feb 15, 6:45 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Rigsy, > > Yes yes indeed. The youth do certianly think differantly from those > who have alrady enjoyed their youth. As I am constantly telling my > wife, don't worry babe, he thinks as a teenager thinks coz he is a > teenager, this will change. > > Absolute truth is a difficult thing to find, in religion it can only > be 'Sat sri Akaal!' 'God is true. > > As to politics then surly the proof of the pudding...... > > Indeed we are forced to pick and choose, and it is the manor of such > picking and chooseing that interests me greatly. Many years ago I > used to say that 'There are no truths, only what you belive to be true > and what I believe to be the same' It seems I havn;t quiet shifted > this beliefe of mine. > > Cheers, > Lee, > > On Feb 12, 1:06 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It's all "downhill" from birth! :-) We move towards obsolescence in > > our final years- not only our bodies but our ideas/views can be > > trapped- a disconnect might be a better way of expressing this idea. > > Ancient writers complained of youth's behavior in their time so I do > > think there is a generational struggle that has to be considered- or > > ignored. And there is constant upgrading and inventing to accomodate. > > > The speed and wide scope of information sharing is a new reality. How > > do the opinions of others affect one's truth? Are there absolute > > truths in the soft areas of knowledge- like politics, religion and the > > arts? Yet there are some truths that survive regarding human behavior- > > so I do think there is a universality we can relate to despite the > > obvious differences. > > > We really have a short life span to experience and be open to all > > possibilities. We are forced to pick and choose. > > > On Feb 10, 5:58 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Ahhh realised truths! Or epitheny's. > > > > The problem being how to confirm the truth of such things? Mankinds > > > mind changes throughout the ages, and we can see that these 'realised > > > truths' of only a centuray past are now out of date. > > > > How long then before what we belive to be true is proved otherwise? > > > > On Feb 6, 3:09 am, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 2/4/2011 3:12 PM, bjdowling wrote:> I've finally understood the > > > > metaphoric. Exciting stuff for sure. As > > > > > the human race-well-many of us anyway-came to this time of electronic > > > > > media which was meant to disturb us so to make us question-because we > > > > > never had-our in tact belief systems held sway over us. It is through > > > > > the metaphoric-which lies just below the surface-we have begun to > > > > > understand ourselves and all our experiences here have brought to us. > > > > > I've come to also understand that we're as pre-programmed software > > > > > applications-so wonderfully timed-our lives unfold every part of every > > > > > moment as we understand what to do next and finally-why? > > > > > How horrific is it's beauty. Cold crystalline ice resonating at the full > > > > spectrum of creation it is like a blast of arctic wind in the face held > > > > for an eternity experienced in a moment.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
