[MD] The Relativist's journey

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Hi Marsha,
Perhaps I have stumped you with my request for a definition in the
post below.  Perhaps you think it is a trap, and are doing the same
thing that you project on dmb, hiding under the covers.  Perhaps this
question did not get your attention.

So, let me ask you a different question:
What is it deep down inside you (and possibly many others) that causes
you to want to compare everything?

No, not a trick question, a question requesting understanding on my
part.  Relativism is only one way of looking at things, imo.

Cheers,
Mark



On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:50 PM, 118 <ununoctiums at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Marsha, how do you define "relative" as used in you comments below?
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> Mark
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> On Nov 22, 2011, at 11:05 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>> On Nov 22, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Steven Peterson wrote:
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>>> Hi Marsha,
>>>
>>> You have raised a lot of good points here. It seems that dmb's
>>> argument is with Ant McWatt as much as it is with you though for some
>>> reason he hasn't acknowledged that fact. dmb will, as always, have a
>>> tough time articulating what particular sort of relativism--some
>>> dangerous sort?--that applies to you but not equally well to James and
>>> Pirsig.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Steve
>>
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> It's not Ant's quote about truth within the MoQ alone.  It's RMP discussing multiple truths.  It's also the correlation made between Buddhism's conventional reality and static quality.  Conventional reality is most always described as the relative, practical everyday truth.  I doubt if dmb makes any sense, even to himself, if he doesn't conflate and confuse epistemological relativism and cultural relativism.  And his presenting an unsourced definition that begs the question?  Wow!
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