Religious Answer:
God created the universe to be infinite. God himself is infinite, both in terms of existence and in terms of goodness. Because God is all-knowing, all-powerful and all-good, He is, almost by definition, Absolute Truth. God created the universe and everything in it; don't you think He also knows what makes it tick?
One of my personal favorite Bible verses for people looking for Absolute TruthTM is Psalm 119. The reason I point this out is because it gives us fences in an otherwise limitless yard. There is, according to this chapter, right and wrong. Right is doing what God asks of you in the Bible. Wrong is not doing what God asks of you. The fence is God's word. Jumping over the fence to do what you want to do is known as sin, and is wrong. To go back to the pr0n thread: Pr0n actresses and actors are lusted after and desired by other people. According to the Bible, lust is bad. Acting on lust is Just Not GoodTM. Read the laws of the Old Testament, check out Jesus' words in the Gospel and look at Paul's letters to the Corinthians (I'm at work, and will post chapter and verse when I get home this evening).. They all say that lust is not a good thing, and should be avoided. That defines the "Absolute Truth" in this regard. Biblically, pr0n is a sin, and should be abolished.
Scientific answer:
Absolute Truth is, by definition, almost impossible to discern. Everyone will put their own slant on it, and cause disagreements, arguments, fights and even wars (see the Religion answer above) to maintain their "right-ness." Even scientific laboratories, doing research on the same exact project, using the same exact tests and subjects, will often come up with intriguingly different results. I think, therefore, in an entirely scientific mindset, that Absolute Truth can never be found in an infinite universe. To answer the pr0n question: What doesn't kill you won't hurt you.
How's that for a split-minded answer? :-D |
