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TygrBright

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2. The hardest thing for believers and unbelievers alike to deal with...

Reply to Act_of_Reparation (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 01:52 PM

Dec 2015

...is the lack of validity in absolutes.

That is, "right" and "wrong" are context-sensitive.

We can generally find some "virtual" absolutes (the Golden Rule is the best-known example of this,) but even there, it is context-sensitive.

Just ask an addict in recovery after having felt "coerced" into seeking treatment for their illness.

Attempting to enforce our own notions of "right" and "wrong" on others depends on how carefully we stick to those "virtual" absolutes where a broad almost-consensus has temporarily emerged.

thoughtfully,
Bright

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On Religious Intolerance And Ethnic Hatred [View all] mazzarro Dec 2015 OP

"there are a thousand ways to seek God and every one of them is right" Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #1

The hardest thing for believers and unbelievers alike to deal with... TygrBright Dec 2015 #2

Yep, as soon as you establish that there is a path that cannot be seen, felt, proven, etc AtheistCrusader Dec 2015 #3