That's one possibility.
Another is that morality is a mountain peak with many paths to it, and all true paths can get you there. (False paths, of course, will lead you somewhere entirely different.) The mountain is absolute, but the paths are culturally chosen depending on a culture's starting point, it's willingness to accept risk (straight up the mountain, short but dangerous, or following the stream, longer but safer), and other factors. (Like all analogies, if taken too far it will fail, but may be useful as an analogy.)
As to the problem getting the message across, we speak metaphorically of God the Father. As a father, I know that sometimes no matter how hard I try, no matter how good I am, the message doesn't get across. |
