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To: dan1123
If asked whether or not our world-view is “true” we can say, “Yes, in a sense, but only against my theoretical or metaphysical background.” If asked whether or not creationism is “true” we can say “No, in a sense, against my theoretical or metaphysical background.”

Or just be a pragmatist and say that there is no objective truth.

11 posted on 07/16/2007 1:30:55 PM PDT by mjp (Live & let live. I don't want to live in Mexico, Marxico, or Muslimico. Statism & high taxes suck.)
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To: mjp
Or just be a pragmatist and say that there is no objective truth.

It's one thing to recognize the limits of discerning truth under one set of metaphysical assumptions, but entirely another to deny that one set of metaphysical assumptions might ultimately be correct.
13 posted on 07/16/2007 1:44:46 PM PDT by dan1123 (You are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. --Jesus)
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