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Originally posted by Ierre Il
2) You can make up any subjective meaning you want, if it makes you feel better. It's still an illusion.
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so if we can give anything a subjective meaning, which is worthless, what defines an objective meaning? objective to whom? (which i realize is a bit of a contradiction since objectivity relies on the absence of opinion).
i dont' think that morals and meanings can be objective. they aren't a math test where 2+2=4 every time. morals and meanings dictated by religion are just as subjective as those an individual gives to them because it is just the opinion of that religion that dictates them. you can say "well, there are objective morals and meanings dictated by god," but how does anyone know what those are? i don't remember him showing up on Oprah to tell us.
if there is any objective morals/meanings to the world, i think we can only find them in nature, and if we used those morals to guide society, our civilization would be much different.