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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (1168)	9/29/2000 12:55:37 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

ok Absolutist believes X- and believes everyone who does not believe X is absolutely wrong. Relativist believes Y- and believes that although he believes Y is correct it may not be correct, and isn't certain that other beliefs are incorrect. Y cannot choose the mechanism of absolutism and remain a relativist- that is the ONE choice he cannot make. Once Y chooses to be an absolutist- and believes his view is superior to that of anyone else (and by this I mean believes that his belief is superior, in some extrinsic way- outside the confines of his own thoughts- in a way that makes it better in the world, objectively, as opposed to just a better idea for him, personally), he ceases to be a relativist.