Do you believe in Absolutes?
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Yes
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No
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"Quid est veritas?" But seriously, a statement of one's belief in absolutes is not in itself an absolute. All positions of belief are tentative. For myself, I only believe in absolutes for as long as they can travel as concepts. I believe in conceptual absolutes, which for the sake of example, could be sold under the brand name of the Law of Identity. A=A or, as Leibniz would have it, "Everything is what it is." There seems to be no conceptual wiggle-room here, so I would say this concept represents an absolute. Truth seems to me to be on shakier ground with regard to its status as an absolute. Side: yes
Yes, though I have no way of proving it, and no examples exist of its existence. But it would seem at the heart of everything must be an Absolute of one sort or another, or the entire universe would be constantly shifting and you wouldn't even be reading this. Does evidence of no evidence equal an evidence of its own? Like Bradford said, have fun. Side: yes
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Now I don't know if we're talking about vodka or in absolutes!!! Dang you guys could confuse a horse goin' west. Anyway I don't believe in absolutes because nothing is. Circumstances change everything so nothing can be. What you think you'd do in any situation could be turned around in a heartbeat when confronted by the unknown and there is always an unknown quantity in all we think, say or do. Side: No
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