RE: Atheists only vote please: Do absolute MORAL truths exist? Is Rape ALWAYS "wr...
October 31, 2014 at 1:26 am
(This post was last modified: October 31, 2014 at 1:28 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 31, 2014 at 1:20 am)Tsun Tsu Wrote: I believe we are living under absolute truths whether one recognizes it or not...What you believe, just like what I don't, is irrelevant to the question. Only what either of us can demonstrate will do, if the subject is absolute truth, or moral absolutes. Are you prepared to make such a demonstration?
Quote:so if embracing these already existing truths constitute being "in possession" of them then yes, I am. You choose not to embrace them, possess them, promote them, and youre allowed.Then demonstrate their veracity.
Quote:The very topic of this thread demonstrates the concept of universal truth as it applies to rape... it is ALWAYS wrong to rape.Demonstrate that this is so.
Quote:You disagree, but you have no example, so I am only left with considering the probabilities that you are intentionally evading and attempting to derail because you cant bring yourself to actually back your statement with actual examples.LOL...and he just got done bitching about what he didn't say. I've not offered you my opinion on the matter. You don't know whether or not I agree or disagree - and this is, of course, irrelevant. You don't need to know, and this knowledge would not help us determine whether or not there were moral absolutes or absolute truths.
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