Bible Party of the USA

I interpret this response as saying that there is no good or evil. Is that a correct interpretation?

Is there no such thing as advantage and disadvantage? Is there no such thing left and right? Is there no such thing as easy and hard? Is there no such thing as fast and slow? Is there no such thing as cheap and expensive?

These are all matters of perception, do you suggest these don't exist as well? You seem to think that if something isn't concrete and absolute then it doesn't exist or it doesn't apply. Sorry to burst your bubble but life isn't always black and white.

OK, do you exist?

I think therefore I am.

Well, good for you. But, are you sure that you think? Do you ever come to a conclusion about something or do you just wander aimlessly around in an intellectual figure eight? If you do believe you have come to a conclusion about something, how can you tell if everything is relative?

Is there a point to all of this? If not just say no.

The point is, if everything is relative to the observer's point of view then nothing can be solid or real, there can be no fact or truth. If there are such things as fact or truth, then they must be the same regardless of the viewpoint of the oberserver. Your argument is that everything is up for negotiation or interpretation. This denies reality.

Relative does not equal non-existent.......
While actions themselves are moral or immoral relative to the circumstances of a given situation, the basis of morality is the same throughout (harm vs benefit) this would require that people use reason and common sense to decide if an action is moral or immoral. but lots of people don't know what to base such a decision on and simply find it easier to rely on the immutable commandments of a certain dogma. while questioning the assumptions people base their lives on may present certain problems for people.

How do you get reason and "common sense??"

What is "common sense?"

It is innate to most humans. Although it isn't used as much as it should sometimes

It is simply a brain process meant to come to the most likely solution. It is part of our evolution.

Tell that to our bankers.

Compared to caveman, "fire hot" it's a huge step up.

It is innate to most humans. Although it isn't used as much as it should sometimes

It is simply a brain process meant to come to the most likely solution. It is part of our evolution.

You should take a course or two on developmental psychology and sociology. "Common sense" is not ?innate.? It is an oxymoron.

Common sense - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Common sense (or, when used attributively as an adjective, commonsense, common-sense, or commonsensical), based on a strict construction of the term, consists of what people in common would agree on: that which they "sense" (in common) as their common natural understanding. Some people (such as the authors of Merriam-Webster Online) use the phrase to refer to beliefs or propositions that ? in their opinion ? most people would consider prudent and of sound judgment, without reliance on esoteric knowledge or study or research, but based upon what they see as knowledge held by people "in common". Thus "common sense" (in this view) equates to the knowledge and experience which most people allegedly have, or which the person using the term believes that they do or should have."

Children are first taught right and wrong by their parents or those who have charge over them when they are infants and toddlers. After that, the society in which they live modifies those values and mores.

Children in India have different ?common sense? from those in Western Europe. Those in Southeast Asia have different ?common sense? from those in South America. Those in the United States have different values from those in the Middle-east or South-west Asia, etc?.

According to previous writings you were raised in a Christian value-based household. Therefore, your ?common sense? came from that environment and the basic set of beliefs resultant from the Judeo-Christian culture.

It's called common sense, because it's common among different people, and yes it is innate through our perceptions and understanding of the world around us are similar.

Again, your viewpoint is based on what you've read in a book or been taught by people who have not done, only taught. My experience in each of those regions and world history indicates there is no such thing as innate sense that is common between nations.

Each nation has different societal values and circumstances. These shape what is common understanding within that society. They do not shape other societies except through elitist interaction.

Categorically speaking, the only things common to people in every society are their human needs.

The human race although geographically separated is very similar, the reason we see more differences is because we tend to emphasize the differences however there are more similarities than we tend to recognize.

How is it that cultures unknown to each other invent the same things? The most basic example is the bow and arrow, which was created by almost every culture even cultures that didn't know of each other, so how do we account for this? Common sense, allowed different people to come to the same conclusions, and in this conclusion it was that the bow and arrow was an effective tool for hunting and warfare. This is but one example, there are many.

From an insider's point of view it's easy to see the differences and overlook the similarities.

Similar is different from same. Overlooking differences can get you killed.

Artifacts adhere to the rule of form follows function. Artifacts do not equal values or societal mores. All humans have the same needs. The differences occur when the individual man or each society addresses those needs in different ways using their unique values.

this does not address my points.

You are deliberately being dense.