Mike said:
Gemini Thunder wrote:
There are universally valid truths. You implicitly admit so by stating "...at most, one religion is correct". No, he didn't; he said "at most". I personally think none is correct, and I don't agree there are universally valid truths. I defy you to explain how you know that to be so.
Universally valid truths: Down is towards the nearest object of gravitational attraction that you are influenced by. Up is away. E=mc^2.
The problem is we can not always determine what the universally valid truth is (especially so in moral/religious matters) Then why do you think there is such a thing?
To think outherwise would imply a non-casual universe.
so we tend to cop-out Why is it a "cop-out" to accept the limits of human perception?
Most people who "Accept their limits" never manage to get beyond them.
and say there are no truths, or something along the lines of: "Well, that might be right for you, but not for me." or the one I love to hate: "Perception is reality." How do you know reality is something other than perception if you don't perceive it to be so?
Collusion (spelling?). Two or more observers get together and compare perceptions. If their perceptions are noot the same, or at most similar, then perception is _not_ reality. HTH. Petro, Christopher C. petro@suba.com <prefered for any non-list stuff> snow@smoke.suba.com