Do ABSOLUTE TRUTHS exist? (Are any known?) Or are truths relative to context?

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If something is controversial, does that nullify its characteristic as an ABSOLUTE truth?

Here's an example:

Truth: All living creatures eventually die.

Controversy: (1) The state of aliveness is relative. While being conscious may not recur and biological processes cease, the relative aliveness of a creature varies over time, and is not an absolute in itself. (2) Some say life does not end, because they believe in a soul.

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roquerojas88:
Your sweater is grey in the light that you see it. However, if you were colorblind, even a red sweater would look grey. In a dark cave, your sweater has no color. Under an ultraviolet light, it may show various hues. Under a yellow-only light, it will look yellow. This is not absolute, but contextual, based on the light and your eyes.

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YOU WHO ASSERT GOD:
How is this determined to be an absolute truth when there is neither proof or disproof for God's existence?

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Answer 1

well the absolute truth to this question is that noone knows, and by noone, I mean me.

Answer 2

Just because something is controversial or uncertain does not mean it is not absolute. Humans don't know everything. Thus, we may say things that we claim to be truths but that others will claim to be nontruths. This does not mean that it is not an absolute. The state of absoluteness, if you will, is not dependent on anything human. There ARE absolute truths, but many may not be known. I believe that, except for spiritual matters (which I believe contains absolutes in relation to God, etc), we should not claim anything to be absolute, no matter how convincing it may be, because later knowledge may disprove these absolutes. This does not mean, of course, that anything we say is not an absolute, it simply means that we are not in a position to certify its absoluteness. I hope that all made sense.

Answer 3

i'm no atheist so in case you're saying go away...i'm going to and delete my reaction besides. yet once you are going to communicate absolute certainty you ought to define in what experience of the word do you propose. The mere paradox of the question proves that absolute certainty exists. ie: There at the instant are no absolute truths. won't be ready to be actual, as a result absolute certainty does exist. Spiritually talking this is easily actual that some human beings don't think in God. Do you deny that? Philosophically this question has been argued for millenia, without consensus. Is mankind mortal? Does the human physique die? Does 2 + 2 = 4 ? basically because of the fact somebody disagrees with an absolute would not make it much less absolute. It basically makes them incorrect. there'll constantly be somebody which could justify their incorrect habit. Justification would not make it precise, in straightforward terms proper in easy of the situation. picking the lesser of two evil acts would not make the two one precise ie: The rape of a 2 12 months previous newborn is incorrect. easily incorrect...if via doing so which you will save the lives of one hundred harmless human beings, you're able to do it and you're able to say this is appropriate yet that would not make it precise. of direction there are truths that are absolute. What certainty do you seek for? Now it quite is the question. human beings don't think in precise and incorrect anymore. that's what's incorrect with humanity. No experience of morals or ethical habit. they think of that certainty is subjective. some issues are incorrect. They constantly have been and constantly would be incorrect.

Answer 4

Hello =)

From a Buddhist perspective....

Ultimate Truth both exists, and does not exist.

in this case, we both end at our death, yet do not end.....

The Buddha once said:

My way is to speak the unspeakable, think the unthinkable, do what is not doable.

When people asked him about life after death, he usually responded by saying that it was an "unprofitable question"....

At the same time, he expounded a doctrine of the continuation of consciousness, from one lifetime to another.

The body, however, does indeed die.

What does continue on, is impossible to find, under the most intense philosophical analysis.

So, I suppose the question of whether all living things die, must hinge entirely upon your definition of "death".....

In the strictest sense of the term, yes, all living things must die, for there is nothing to be found within a living thing that does not die when a living thing dies.....

But yet, there is more to death than science...

Namaste, and Happy New Year..

--Tom

Answer 5

Yes, I believe they do exist.

Murder is always wrong. When a child is born, he is alive, etc. With concrete rules and absolute truths, you are able to make sense of the world around you. Yet when you throw these away, suddenly everything becomes squishy. Any act can be deemed, "Right". Hitler is a good example. He was able to kill millions of people and his country-men thought he was doing the right thing.

Answer 6

It always depends on context. There might be certain truths in certain contexts that we can all agree on, though.

And you're right, it's very tricky to try to define "life". When do we become "alive"? Are we always "alive"? At what point (and IS there an exact point) are we no longer "alive"?

I think it's absolutely true that certain organisms go through specific life cycles.

Answer 7

I don't think we can be sure that there are absolute truths, because what is true for you (or for me) or for people on earth, or for entities in this universe may not be true elsewhere.

For me (and most likely you) one plus one equals two (in base ten, at least), always has and always will. But one plus one may equal something else in some other universe where physical laws differ.

So no...no absolute truths.

Answer 8

Absolute truths exist exactly as God exists. The one who makes the thing is the one who decides how it operates. Things such as "commandments" amount to God's operation manual for His creation.
Now, some folks will say that there is no God, but these people only say this by ignoring the plentiful evidence that God is real and really cares about you. Basically, the most atheistic scientists have proven that we could not even begin to exist but that God created us as we are. My favorite example is the DNA molecule: DNA is assembled by enzymes; however, those enzymes that assemble the DNA are themselves produced BY the DNA molecules. So which came first? (Neither, of course. They need to exist simultaneously.)

Answer 9

Yes, I think that the absolute truth of the life of our body definitely exists.

Answer 10

TRUTH is absolute. Either it is or it isn't. In your example, it's the definition of life that is in question. Once you determine what the definitions of life and death are, then you may determine weather or not you have a true statement.

If it is not absolute, it is not truth...it is OPINION.

Answer 11

Absolute truth is still relative. You can't get around that. What I say is absolute, you do not. What I say exists, you say doesn't.... all this is promoted by what we believe. So, it is only an absolute in your world.