I need help with a class assignment -- answering some Philosophy questions.

[kitchen-cook]

I am needing to gather information for a paper for my Philosophy course. The information needs to be gathered from other people's thoughts. Could you help me? - What is ultimate reality to you? God? Matter? An impersonal force? Something else? - Is truth absolute or relative? - Are moral values absolute or relative? - Let's go back to ultimate reality. Do you believe in God? If so, why? If not, why not?

[Vendome]

LOL!!!!!!!!

That was too easy...

[houeto]

car accidents, heart surgery, out of control infections, hospitalized for pneumonia, explosions, being shot at, etc)..How are ya, Lucky?

Your post made me think of the time that Cale Yarborough ( I think it was) got asked by a reporter if Richard Petty was really that good. He said, "Hell no, he just got lucky 200 times!"

[Salamander]

Just right and wrong questions.

;]

[BlueDragon]

If a spoon bends is a forest and nobody hears it, does it make a sound?

[Salamander]

Snatch the pebble from my hand and I'll tell you the ultimate truth.

[Or not. I'm kinda capricious that way]

[Safetgiver]

Just reminded of years a go when somebody posted about a three legged, one eyed dog with his ears torn off and and a broken tail or something. His name was Lucky. Like a dumbass, I looked him for him every time I went out walking or driving. Then it hit me (not the dog). Oh, ...wait....

[Responsibility2nd]

No, no, no!

No Giant Turtle. Was Ceiling Cat!

LOLcat Bible, Genesis 1. Boreded Ceiling Cat makinkgz Urf n stuffs
1. Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded teh skiez An da Urfs, but he did not eated dem.

2 Da Urfs no had shapez An haded dark face, An Ceiling Cat rode invisible bike over teh waterz.

3 At start, no has lyte. An Ceiling Cat sayz, i can haz lite? An lite wuz.4 An Ceiling Cat sawed teh lite, to seez stuffs, An splitted teh lite from dark but taht wuz ok cuz kittehs can see in teh dark An not tripz over nethin.5 An Ceiling Cat sayed light Day An dark no Day. It were FURST!!!1

6 An Ceiling Cat sayed, im in ur waterz makin a ceiling. But he no yet make a ur. An he maded a hole in teh Ceiling.7 An Ceiling Cat doed teh skiez with waterz down An waterz up. It happen.8 An Ceiling Cat sayed, i can has teh firmmint wich iz funny bibel naim 4 ceiling, so wuz teh twoth day.

9 An Ceiling Cat gotted all teh waterz in ur base, An Ceiling Cat hadz dry placez cuz kittehs DO NOT WANT get wet.10 An Ceiling Cat called no waterz urth and waters oshun. Iz good.

11 An Ceiling Cat sayed, DO WANT grass! so tehr wuz seedz An stufs, An fruitzors An vegbatels. An a Corm. It happen.12 An Ceiling Cat sawed that weedz ish good, so, letz there be weedz.13 An so teh threeth day jazzhands.

14 An Ceiling Cat sayed, i can has lightz in the skiez for splittin day An no day.15 It happen, lights everwear, like christmass, srsly.16 An Ceiling Cat doeth two grate lightz, teh most big for day, teh other for no day.17 An Ceiling Cat screw tehm on skiez, with big nails An stuff, to lite teh Urfs.18 An tehy rulez day An night. Ceiling Cat sawed. Iz good.19 An so teh furth day w00t.

20 An Ceiling Cat sayed, waterz bring me phishes, An burds, so kittehs can eat dem. But Ceiling Cat no eated dem.21 An Ceiling Cat maed big fishies An see monstrs, which wuz like big cows, except they no mood, An other stuffs dat mooves, An Ceiling Cat sawed iz good.22 An Ceiling Cat sed O hai, make bebehs kthx. An dont worry i wont watch u secksy, i not that kynd uf kitteh.23 An so teh...fith day. Ceiling Cat taek a wile 2 cawnt.

24 An Ceiling Cat sayed, i can has MOAR living stuff, mooes, An creepie tings, An otehr aminals. It happen so tehre.25 An Ceiling Cat doed moar living stuff, mooes, An creepies, An otehr animuls, An did not eated tehm.

26 An Ceiling Cat sayed, letz us do peeps like uz, becuz we ish teh qte, An let min p0wnz0r becuz tehy has can openers.

27 So Ceiling Cat createded teh peeps taht waz like him, can has can openers he maed tehm, min An womin wuz maeded, but he did not eated tehm.

28 An Ceiling Cat sed them O hai maek bebehs kthx, An p0wn teh waterz, no waterz An teh firmmint, An evry stufs.

29 An Ceiling Cat sayed, Beholdt, the Urfs, I has it, An I has not eated it.30 For evry createded stufs tehre are the fuudz, to the burdies, teh creepiez, An teh mooes, so tehre. It happen. Iz good.

31 An Ceiling Cat sayed, Beholdt, teh good enouf for releaze as version 0.8a. kthxbai.

http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Genesis_1

[aruanan]

I am needing to gather information for a paper for my Philosophy course. The information needs to be gathered from other people's thoughts. Could you help me? - What is ultimate reality to you? God? Matter? An impersonal force? Something else? - Is truth absolute or relative? - Are moral values absolute or relative? - Let's go back to ultimate reality. Do you believe in God? If so, why? If not, why not?

Ultimate reality transcends my perceptions or understanding of it. That is, my existence, my perceptions, and my understanding are all part of ultimate reality, just not the whole of it.

Truth is absolute or relative depending on one's definition of it. Truth exists only in terms of propositional statements about reality that may be confirmed or refuted. What may be true one day may not be true another day. The statement, "There is no such thing as air travel by means of heavier-than-air craft," was absolutely true 150 years ago. It is no longer true. A statement may be absolutely true by definition: An element exists as a solid, a liquid, a gas, or as plasma.

Moral values may be either absolute or relative depending on their source. If a moral value is a description of a societally accepted or proscribed behavior at some point in that society's history, it may change as that society changes so that what was once accepted as correct and proper and moral behavior is later no longer so accepted and vice versa. Some moral values are absolute by definition such as "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights..." Given the existence of such a Creator and the self-evidence of these truths, they continue as absolute moral values as long as the source continues. If the source is a deity whose existence is uncaused then the moral values are as permanent as the existence of that deity--of course, if that deity is defined as capable of modifying its expectations and its own behavior with respect to its creation, then that moral value dependent on the deity is absolute only as long as the deity continues to promote it.

I believe in God because it's easier to explain the existence of evil and the sense of moral oughtness in a theistic, non-deterministic universe than to explain anything at all in our personal experience in terms of a deterministic universe, either theological or naturalistic determinism.

[Daffynition]

The fact that religion and philosophy are distinct does not mean that they are entirely separate.

You *may* be entirely too young to be treading in these waters. Since some correspondents are nicer than others, and should you ever find any in YOUR mail bag, you should immediately flush out your head with whatever caustic is closest to hand.

[50mm]

The First Law of Philosophy: For every philosopher, there exists an equal and opposite philosopher.

The Second Law of Philosophy: They're both wrong.

[50mm]

Good one, grasshopper.

[Ray76]

“The fact that religion and philosophy are distinct does not mean that they are entirely separate.”

The duality. The ying and yang. The scotch and water.

[cornfedcowboy]

If their is no God, love does not really exist.

[Daffynition]

Wait.....just wait.....................................

[TADSLOS]

Too funny...

[CodeToad]

These are questions you should be asking yourself.

[cizinec]

What is ultimate reality to you?

Texas

Is truth absolute or relative?

Absolute and found predominantly in Texas

Are moral values absolute or relative?

That’s a stupid question.

Let’s go back to ultimate reality. Do you believe in God? If so, why? If not, why not?

Yes.
If there were no God, explain Texas.

Yeah. You can’t.

[Daffynition]

Is this anything like bringing a spoon to a cake fight?

[Daffynition]

[kitchen-cook]

Thank you for being bold enough to answer my questions. Your response is very thoughtful, and I appreciate it. I believe I can follow your thoughts.