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To: jwalsh07
In one of our previous discussions you indicated that the notion of absolute truths was antithetical to you your views.

Either I was misunderstood or (more likely) I did not make myself entirely clear. I do believe that there are absoulte truths, but I don't believe that 'morality' is inherent in the construct of the universe -- I've seen no evience for such. Thus, I believe that there are things that are absolutely true, but I don't believe that "murder is wrong" is one of them (however "murder is wrong according to traditional Christian beliefs" would be an absoulte truth, provided that there was an agreed upon meaning for the usage of the word "wrong").
294 posted on 05/08/2003 1:14:57 PM PDT by Dimensio (Sometimes I doubt your committment to Sparkle Motion!)
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To: Dimensio
Thus, I believe that there are things that are absolutely true, but I don't believe that "murder is wrong" is one of them (however "murder is wrong according to traditional Christian beliefs" would be an absolute truth, provided that there was an agreed upon meaning for the usage of the word "wrong").

And we agree on what "murder" is, and what the meaning of "is" is...

385 posted on 05/08/2003 2:34:29 PM PDT by null and void
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To: Dimensio
So to be clear, your view is that moral absolutes such as murder are not absolutes at all but murder, like a choice between the Mets and Yankees, is relative to who murders whom?

If that is correct your views are antithetical to theism which necessarilly makes you an anti-theist. No?

601 posted on 05/08/2003 5:41:27 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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