theknightwhosaysni-NI, you have a point there. The only beliefs people have are what I think they have, I can never really know anyone else's beliefs... I guess that means that the only reason I do respect them is for myself... This is also one of the issues I have with subjective reality. Doesn't this make all of my actions and experiences self orientated and even when I think I'm doing something for someone else, I'm actually doing it for myself?
It's not that this is a problem, its just an unsettling thought for me (I'm not sure why) and one I may have to work to accept without having it change my actions.
Michael Chui, I like everything you've stated as that theory does seem to make sense, but I'm slightly hounded by the idea of accepting an absolute truth. Mainly because if we can never really reach it, does it actually exist? It's that old "if a tree falls...etc" question. Wouldn't it be futile to look for truth that we cannot actually find? Then again without that, your theory doesn't seem to work as logically so I guess thats one of those things we have to take on faith. It really does seem like a logical paradox though to assume that there is an absolute that we can never reach. Isn't that one of the problems with objective reality theory? That there is a set reality that we interpret that we can never actually see the true nature of?
I don't know, either way, I like your theory as if I take those first assumptions on faith, it does make a lot of sense. The real question is does making these assumptions change my actions in everyday life? I don't know.
As for everyone else's responses, we've gotten very deep...lol, and it can be hard to read on the internet, but still very interesting. I'm going to have to reread some comments to make sure I'm not misinterpreting. Still, I appreciate the discussion. This is quite an interesting forum, I'm going to have to post some of my other ideas here as well and get everyone's opinion. |