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Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect
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RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect
We cannot understand subjectively what absolute perfection would be. Because if it exists, presumably it would transcend our mere subjective understanding of 'perfection', for it is not subjective perfection, but absolute perfection.

So if we can't think how absolute perfection would be perfect, or 'who it would be perfect for?', that doesn't mean that absolute perfection cannot exist.

However, despite the fact that absolute perfection might somehow, exist, I have absolutely no idea how anyone can rationally believe it does without any evidence? And mere evidence for 'the absolute' isn't enough, for 'the absolute' requires absolute evidence (if we are to be rational), it requires proof. And since us mere mortals cannot have absolute evidence, we cannot have 'proof' outside the man-made field of mathematics, I don't see how it's possible that we can rationally believe in 'the absolute.' For it seems 'the absolute' is unfalsifiable, as is "God".

Now don't get me wrong, I like speculating - I just hope I didn't go 'over the top' in this post.

EvF
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RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by fr0d0 - November 19, 2009 at 3:00 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by Violet - November 19, 2009 at 4:02 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by Violet - November 20, 2009 at 6:19 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by fr0d0 - November 19, 2009 at 6:28 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by fr0d0 - November 20, 2009 at 6:37 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by Violet - November 20, 2009 at 6:29 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by Darwinian - November 20, 2009 at 6:30 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by Violet - November 20, 2009 at 6:32 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by Darwinian - November 20, 2009 at 6:41 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by Violet - November 20, 2009 at 6:41 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by fr0d0 - November 20, 2009 at 6:46 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by Violet - November 20, 2009 at 6:50 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by fr0d0 - November 20, 2009 at 7:08 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by fr0d0 - November 21, 2009 at 5:43 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by fr0d0 - November 21, 2009 at 6:05 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by fr0d0 - November 23, 2009 at 5:09 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by Violet - November 23, 2009 at 5:12 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by Tiberius - November 23, 2009 at 7:28 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by fr0d0 - November 24, 2009 at 5:01 am
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by Violet - November 24, 2009 at 5:03 am
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by Amphora - November 26, 2009 at 2:57 am
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by fr0d0 - November 28, 2009 at 12:32 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by fr0d0 - November 28, 2009 at 12:53 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by fr0d0 - November 28, 2009 at 3:43 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by fr0d0 - November 28, 2009 at 7:25 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 8:14 am
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 9:18 am
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by theVOID - November 29, 2009 at 11:03 am
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by theVOID - November 29, 2009 at 11:31 am
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by theVOID - November 29, 2009 at 12:03 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by theVOID - November 29, 2009 at 12:20 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by theVOID - November 29, 2009 at 12:32 pm
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by Edwardo Piet - November 29, 2009 at 11:39 am
RE: Why We Are, and Forever Will Be, Imperfect - by theVOID - November 29, 2009 at 12:25 pm

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