RE: Do you wish there's a god?
April 9, 2019 at 8:23 am
(This post was last modified: April 9, 2019 at 8:25 am by robvalue.)
(April 9, 2019 at 8:18 am)Acrobat Wrote:(April 9, 2019 at 8:14 am)robvalue Wrote: No, I believe there are statements that can be objectively true about reality, according to the definitions of terms used. But no one has the authority to decide/declare which are true with respect to reality, because that would require some sort of omnipotence/omniscience/perfection. Of course, anyone can say anything they like, so to speak, but that doesn’t make what they are saying true or even convincing.
There are also statements which can’t be objectively true or false, because the terms they use are either too vaguely defined, or rely on personal opinion.
So is 1+1 =2 objectively true? Or subjective?
Is the wrongness of torturing innocent babies just for fun, objectively true, or subjective opinion? If it's a subjective opinion, should i take it when you say it's wrong to torture innocent babies just for fun, you're just stating a personal taste or opinion, like telling me dominos pizza tastes bad?
I already answered these questions. The first is objectively true with respect to a particular abstract system which says it’s true. It might not be true in another.
The second is subjectively true. I take my morality more seriously than pizza, but if you want to insist all kinds of subjects relating to opinions are equivalent, then that’s fine.
I can make torturing babies objectively immoral, if I want, by defining immoral in a certain way.
This is my point. Words represent vague ideas.
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