2007-08-01 15:29:34 · 18 answers · asked by Sir Alex 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the statement that everything is relative is not an absolute it is relative to the progress that we made so far, maybe a new concept will take his place in the future but relative to here and now everything is relative.
2007-08-02 00:01:56 · update #1
There is no absolute deity or personal god... not only does it not make sense, it is unrealistic. I have no doubt that Einsteins theory of relativity is unchallenged in any real way...
2007-08-01 15:32:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
You just stated an absolute when declaring "that everything is relative" Your statement can not even hold its' own weight. Just because humans act relatively to a certain degree does not mean that 'everything' is relative. You need to work on logic before you seek to justify your belief in God existence or lack there of. Besides you may say that 'everything is relative' but you will never live like everything is relative. If a professor asked you to write a paper on the nature of truth, and you took a considerable amount of time and effort and laid out a well written paper saying that truth is relative, and he gave you an F, and when you asked him why, he said, I don't like your freckles, you immediately would feel it wasn't fair. Everyone believes in real justice and real right and wrong. When someone's significant other cheats on them, it isn't oh well it is all relative. When someone's child is killed, it isn't well that may be wrong to you, but your opinion is relative, the crime wasn't actually wrong it is just how you are perceiving it. No one wants to live in a completely relative world, they only want things to be relative when talking about God. Your problems are two fold. You first have made a completely illogical proposition by claiming there are no absolutes, while your claim is an absolute itself. Your second problem is that you will turn yourself into a hypocrite by claiming 'that everything is relative' because you will never live like that. (By the way even if we do act relatively that does not equate to truth being relative, you would be making an argument from a backwards point of view, truth is not dependent on our knowing it or acting it-truth is always absolute whether we know it or like it)
By the way, the gentleman that is using the theory of relativity better go back and check out the implications of that theory before he starts throwing it around, he might find that it backfires on his said motivations and beliefs, what it proves does not work to his benefit.
2007-08-01 15:49:17 · answer #2 · answered by travis w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely
2007-08-01 15:32:57 · answer #3 · answered by Mulereiner 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I accept the existence of absolutes, especially the existence of the absolute deity, God. Therefore, the abiguity of relativism makes no sense to me!
I have yet to find a relative truth, for example. All truths are, so far, absolute. If you can find a relative truth, please let me know!
2007-08-01 15:35:55 · answer #4 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is the idea that everything in this world is relative an absolute truth? There's no denying that.
2007-08-01 15:33:19 · answer #5 · answered by Andre 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There was a philosopher who thought that since we live in a
natural world we simply haven't the tools to regard a supernatural being . My answer is I don't have any way of
knowing beyond this world but the good and evil of life in obvious.
2007-08-01 15:37:12 · answer #6 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what relativity has to do with it, but the concept is rattlebrained from start to finish.
2007-08-01 15:34:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thought only things like time were relative
"sit next to a pretty girl for an hour, it feels like a minute, but put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it feels longer than any hour; that's relativity"- albert einstein
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2007-08-01 15:34:30 · answer #8 · answered by Quailman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, and I'm even having a hard time grasping the theory of relativity.
2007-08-01 15:33:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No it potential God created each and every thing from no longer something. God grew to become into no longer created He continually grew to become into and continually would be. in case you knew Him you may understand. in no way ideas you nevertheless have time to get it
2016-11-10 23:34:33 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋