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Originally Posted by Sgoilear
I don't think that absolutes exist naturally. It's only when we as people define a system that an absolute can exist. Most belief systems are based around the idea of right and wrong but in order for such a system to work something must be defined as being wrong.
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But in the act itself of "defining" anything (and every thought defines perception)...you demonstrate the "reality" (as others have said: the "approximation") of the existence of an absolute by imagining a point of reference. Even if the point of reference is a relationship between two perceptions--the cognition of each perception itself references a commonality that is universal.
That makes sense to me in my little mind...although--as I read it over--I'm not sure it will to others. It sure is tough explaining these types of things when I got a "D" in Algebra and a "D-" in Geometry in high school...