Thursday, January 18, 2007

Does relativism make ANY sense?


I am puzzled by people who truly belief that there is no universal Right and Wrong, that anyone can make up his or her own standards. You mean to tell me that there is NO universal agreement as to what is to be shunned?



I quote CS Lewis: "Think of a country where people were admired for running away in battle, or where a man felt proud of double-crossing all thepeople who had been kindest to him. You might just as well try to imagine acountry where two and two made five. Men have differed as regards what people you ought to be unselfish to - whether it was only your own family, or your fellow countrymen, or everyone. But they have always agreed that youought not to put yourself first. Selfishness has never been admired. Men have differed as to whether you should have one wife or four. But they have always agreed that you must not simply have any woman you liked."