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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 02:16 PM
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5. I think the answer to that question can be found...
by looking at the alternate question: have concepts like God or universal objective morality or the sense of personal self prevented dysfunction in human behavior? I think the clear answer to that is no.
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  -Is absolutely everything relative? GliderGuider  Sep-28-10 10:51 AM   #0 
  - Non-relative thinking is not necessarily absolute.  burnsei sensei   Sep-28-10 10:59 AM   #1 
  - I think you are having a tough time with one aspect of all this.  trotsky   Sep-28-10 12:48 PM   #2 
  - Not really.  GliderGuider   Sep-28-10 01:25 PM   #4 
     - I think the answer to that question can be found...  trotsky   Sep-28-10 02:16 PM   #5 
     - Well, I could probably make a case for the sense of self preventing dysfunction.  GliderGuider   Sep-28-10 02:50 PM   #6 
     - Concepts God/ objective morality “prevented dysfunction in human behaviour”? Yes.  ironbark   Sep-28-10 05:29 PM   #8 
     - So, still no reason why child rape isn't always wrong?  laconicsax   Sep-28-10 08:35 PM   #13 
  - sometimes maybe definitely. nt  humblebum   Sep-28-10 01:15 PM   #3 
  - Indra's web n/t  tama   Sep-28-10 05:01 PM   #7 
  - The Gem reflects  ironbark   Sep-28-10 05:44 PM   #9 
  - Why do I get the sense that you have trouble sleeping?  laconicsax   Sep-28-10 06:43 PM   #10 
  - Depends.  rug   Sep-28-10 07:30 PM   #11 
  - ;-)  GliderGuider   Sep-28-10 07:33 PM   #12 
  - Relative to what?  rrneck   Sep-28-10 10:09 PM   #14 
     - My "clear and immutable boundaries" went out with Quantum and String  ironbark   Sep-28-10 10:31 PM   #15 
        - I hear you.  rrneck   Sep-28-10 11:27 PM   #16 
           - Yea, but as I understand it, the pain of that inept carpentry  ironbark   Sep-29-10 12:06 AM   #17 
 

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