tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472132520678444830.post2412092535108913062..comments2023-10-31T12:17:06.174-04:00Comments on Kurt's Thought Emporium: The Relativity Of "Absolute" Truthkurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15134204795575817327noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472132520678444830.post-59315320988879445632010-04-18T21:13:54.571-04:002010-04-18T21:13:54.571-04:00Good perspective but you must not be too "abs...Good perspective but you must not be too "absolute" about the use of absolute truth. The word is being used to offset the squishy loosey goosey oozey nature of "all things relative" that leads to permissiveness of every kind without any standards at all. In the 60s and 70s they called it Gestalt theory from which "I'm Okay, You're Okay" stemmed.<br /><br />There is a place for absolutes "in a context." But when everything becomes "absolute" everything becomes little more than a snapshot frozen in time that cannot move or be changed [i,e,, dogma without purpose]. This is just as unreal as a continually moving relative mass of being.Gary Hinchmannoreply@blogger.com