THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTES.
Why should there be absolutes? Why does one have to choose one side of the fence or the other, In certain subjects? In a world where you can't believe what you see on television or on the web, you can't believe what you read in print or on the internet, you can't believe what you hear either, what then can you believe in? Your feelings? However, feelings have a way of lying to you and disguising the truth, due to an inflated sense of self or a diluted sense of self worth. The only thing left would be your instinct, which honestly, is the only thing that is absolutely true about human nature. It is the fight or flight response, and it exists in all creatures. So, by that rational, the only thing to really believe in is, thyself. And even you, yourself, are not absolute. You can expire at any moment.
So, again, why should there exist absolutes? In the case of science vs religion, why does EITHER one have to be absolute? From a simple man's perspective, that has never actually left planet earth, I am believing that beyond our planet is space and stars and other planets. However, I have never experienced this for myself. I am believing this to be truth, based on what has been spoken, written, and pictures/illustrations. And I am having to accept this as absolute. On the flip side, the various religions believe, that there is a god or gods, and they are in complete control. I am expected to believe this as well, based on what is being spoken and written also. Which makes things confusing, and also difficult because we are defining ourselves, based on what we consider to be absolutes in this world.
Politics, is the same way. One side of the fence, believes one way, and the other side of the fence believes the other. NEITHER SIDE, HAS A DEFINITIVE RIGHT ANSWER OR PLAN EVEN. IT IS MOSTLY SPECULATION ON THE BELIEVERS PART, BECAUSE WE ARE BEING ASKED TO BELIEVE THAT POLITICAL PARTIES, OR POLITICAL ACTIONS ARE IN OUR BEST INTERESTS. EVEN IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, THIS IS CAN BE APPLIED, BECAUSE WE ARE BELIEVING THAT DOCTORS, NURSES, AND MEDICAL STAFF HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART. SO, WHAT THEN? WHAT IS ABSOLUTE? CAN YOU DEFINITELY CLAIM AN ABSOLUTE IN THIS WORLD? LIKE I STATED BEFORE, THE ONLY POSSIBILITY OF AN ABSOLUTE, COMES FROM OUR INSTINCTS. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE, OUR LIVES ARE NOT EVEN ABSOLUTE. SO WHY THEN BELIEVE, ANYTHING?
THIS IS THE POINT, WHERE PEOPLE BEGIN TO THROW REFERENCE, AND RESEARCH, AND TIME, AND ADVOCATES, ETC. INTO THE MIX. WHEN YOU STAND BACK AND LISTEN, THEY ARE MOST TIMES SPEAKING FROM AN OUTSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE, AND OFTEN TIMES TRYING TO GET SOMEONE TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY SAY TO BE TRUE. THE ONLY OTHER ABSOLUTE, THEN, WOULD BE EXPERIENCE. SELF-EXPERIENCE. THE DRAWBACK WITH EXPERIENCE THO, IS THAT THIS ALSO CAN BE ARGUED AGAINST. SO WE GET BACK TO THE CORE OF THE PROBLEM, WHICH IS THAT THERE ARE IN FACT, NO ABSOLUTES. THE CLOSEST WE GET TO ABSOLUTE IS INSTINCTS AND EXPERIENCES, AND THOSE ARE NOT ALWAYS ABSOLUTE. SO, BY THAT RATIONAL, WHAT DOES A SIMPLE MAN DO, IN A WORLD OF NO ABSOLUTES?
BE OPEN. BE UNDERSTANDING. STAND BACK AND TAKE IT ALL IN. SEE IT THRU THE EYES OF POSSIBILITY AND NOT JUDGEMENT, UNTIL "PROOF" HAS BEEN GIVEN. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE, BOTH AT PEACE AND COHESIVELY.
UNDERSTAND ALL. BELIEVE NOTHING.