Everything Is Relative

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On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Phil Thayer <phil.thayer at vitalsite.com> wrote:
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>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Gene Dascher [mailto:gedascher at gmail.com]
>  > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:11 PM
>  > To: kclug at kclug.org
>  > Cc: Phil Thayer
>  > Subject: RE: Everything Is Relative
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>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: kclug-bounces at kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces at kclug.org] On
>  > Behalf Of Phil Thayer
>  > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:57 PM
>  > To: Luke -Jr; kclug at kclug.org
>  > Subject: RE: Recycling subject lines saves trees (was Re: Stop
>  > editingthedamnsubject (was Re: The End Of Western
>  > Civilization(wasRe:RoadRunner nonsense (was Re: fwd: RE: STFU RE))
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>  > >> That is only true to a limited extent. You omit to
>  > consider that Islam
>  > >> is false. When taken into consideration that only one
>  > religion is in
>  > >> fact true, you will realize that heresy, as well as
>  > morality and such,
>  > >> as quite objective.
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>  > >True.  There is only one true religion.  That would be the one that a
>  > person believes to be true.
>  > >Whatever that religion may be.  Which is all relative to that person.
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>  > So what about the concept of Absolute or Universal or Objective Truth?
>  > If I'm reading your statement above, you're saying that there is NO
>  > Absolute Truth.
>  > Is that a true statement?
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>  True.  Because Absolute implies that everyone knows all things, whether
>  they are currently known or not.  In monotheistical faiths the only
>  Absolute is the Absolute of a divine power or entity.  As far as
>  religion goes it is and will always be a personal choice by which people
>  live their lives and pay the consequences for.  Don't confuse religion
>  with a belief in the Absolute truth, or a belief in a devine power or
>  entity.  Religion is a means by which people can congregate in an manner
>  agreeable to a group so that they can share in their common convictions.
>  Because two groups of people choose to commune with an Absolute entity
>  or power in different ways does not make one group right while the other
>  may be wrong.  They are both communing with the same Absolute power or
>  entity but are doing it in a different manner that may not be agreeable
>  with the other group.  What would happen in this world if all the groups
>  gathered together and tried to commune at the same time with the
>  Absolute power or entity?  The only true belief would be the last person
>  standing.
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Would someone please care to explain to me why the hell people are
talking about the nature of reality on a LUG mailing list?


Did someone bring up quantum computers and not tell me?