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John Neal wrote in message <36BFA673.677B4B70@uswest.net>...
> I agree with Jesse here. Why are you so reluctant to acknowledge the
> possibility of absolutes?
Because it is difficult to declare absolutes in a relative world; because it
makes people uncomfortable to think that there is a right and a wrong, and
thus that there is a possibility that they are wrong; because a lot of
people are uncomfortable telling others that they themselves are right and
others are wrong; that absolutes might require the existence of God, right
and wrong, sin and forgiveness, Heaven and Hell.
I have a teacher who is dead set on the idea that everything in life is a
false construct and arbitrary division, all relative. Except for science of
course.
Jesse
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