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> there is absolute truth out there—even if we can never know for sure in this lifetime Yes, it does seem strange that they would be opposed. Are you sure they
by brlewis 7y ago
> there is absolute truth out there—even if we can never know for sure in this lifetime
Yes, it does seem strange that they would be opposed. Are you sure they understood your main statement the way I quoted it above?
- organsnyder 7y ago> Yes, it does seem strange that they would be opposed. Are you sure they understood your main statement the way I quoted it above? It was in the context of discussing the Trump administration, especially the impeachment process (how we got there is a long story...). They kept falling back on "there's two sides to every story..." as if that precludes us from attempting to seek truth. I'm sure if pressed, they would agree that objective truth exists (it's hard to be an evangelical Christian and not hold this view). But they seem bewildered at the prospect of actually trying to seek it out. Gaslighting has truly taken its toll.
- brlewis 7y agoI too find it bewildering to uncover the truth when there's evidence on both sides; that's why I made https://en.howtruthful.com/ https://en.howtruthful.com/
- TomMckenny 7y agoWe should also distinguish between statements of fact which do have truth value vs statements of opinion which don't. "Is Hillary a bad person?" asks an opinion and has no objectively wrong answer. "Did Hillary run a child abuse ring from a pizza parlor?" is objectively either true or false regardless of how many people believe it. Relativism may have started with the intent of pointing out this distinction (eg the 19th century firm belief that "Primitive societies are bad") before being over generalized.