Sentences with phrase «idea of absolute truth»

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He posited that al - amr had normative polarity within it, namely al - haqq (the Truth) and al - khalq (Creation).33 He described al - haqq by the term al - wujud al - mahd (sheer being [SB]-RRB- 34 SB paralleled the idea of God described by Michael Sells as «God - in - himself» or that aspect of God that is absolute and unconditional essence — remote and mysterious; wrathful and majestic.35 This idea equals the notions of sat in Upadhyaya.

One might have expected that a course in moral reasoning based on the teachings of Jesus would include an introduction to the idea of natural law and some discussion of traditional moral teachings, but Cox disagrees with many of the basic tenets of orthodox Christianity and doubts our ability to identify unchanging and absolute truth in religion or morality.

In a pluralist system of political and economic democracy, each and every one may enter into the free competition of ideas, but he who claims an absolute truth threatens the foundations of the very system: he is a potential fascist.»

He can not distinguish questions regarding the existence of the universe from questions regarding its physical origin; he does not grasp how assertions regarding the absolute must logically differ from assertions regarding contingent beings; he does not know the differences between truths of reason and empirical facts; he has no concept of ontology, in contradistinction to, say, physics or evolutionary biology; he does not understand how assertions regarding transcendental perfections differ from assertions regarding maximum magnitude; he clumsily imagines that the idea of God is susceptible to the same argument from infinite regress traditionally advanced against materialism; he does not understand what the metaphysical concept of simplicity entails; and on and on.

I could go with the idea of absolute fact but absolute truth?

This kind of relativism allows for absolute truth, while maintaining many of the epistemological ideas associated with postmodernism.

Although we come up with all kinds of reasons to deny God's existence he has made his existence abundently clear through our surroundings and the discoveries of science... when it comes down to it, most in the science community don't like the idea of a creator because then they'd have to answer to that creator... this reality will keep many from accepting the Truth found in Jesus (absolute Truth)...

While there are definitely some overall «truths» about eating (like fruit and vegetables are good for you, limiting saturated fats is a good idea, and others) most of the information that are being touted as absolute fact are anything but.