Here it is, back by popular demand!
The question for this week is: In light of post-modernism (i.e. there are no absolutes - truth is relative) does one consider love an absolute truth or a subjective opinion?
Is love an absolute truth?
I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Tim
Of Course, love is an absolute truth. God is love. All of the fullness of God is in Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the way, (the truth), and the life.
Posted by: Teresa Yoakum | October 22, 2009 at 01:23 PM
Well to start no one is a true post-modern because to say that there are no absolute truths is an absolute statement. You also don’t see someone jumping in front of a moving car thinking that it won’t kill them…
I'm guessing that someone who tries to practice post-modernism believes that love is a subjunctive opinion because they would want as many relative truths as possible. Also, (again just a guess) they may think that just because they love something doesn’t mean that others do too. Or, typically when people think of love they think of love between people for example a husband and wife loving each other. A post-modernist may say that not everyone loves because there are people in this world that never marry. So I guess in that aspect someone could say that love is relative… However I don’t believe that love is relative. Hope all that made sense.
Posted by: Christine Perry | October 22, 2009 at 03:51 PM
True love is an absolute truth; however I think most humans look at love subjectively because of the human "love" they've witnessed: self-seeking, emotion-based, and conditional.
Post-modernism appears to be a way of passifying our God given conscience. No one likes to feel convicted.
So to sum up this comment, post-modernism and the idea that love is a subjective opinion are both SELF oriented. True love is quite the opposite.
Posted by: Erin Price | October 22, 2009 at 04:16 PM
Post-Modernism cannot fully explain God due to God's infinite, eternal, omnipotent, omniscient nature. A shifting philosophy cannot fully support God. It is He who supports and not the other way around. He cannot be defined by any other terms than His own. His Word, (The Bible) is the arena where he can be discovered if one chooses to know Him, where the essence of love begin and live on.
One problem with post-modern thinking is that it supposes that Man and animal have the same essence. So since wisdom is not part of dog's essence, Man cannot go far with his philosopy either. My dog does not know if love is absolute or relative. But I do because I absolutely know that God loves me and His love has become my absolute truth.
Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000385811887 | October 24, 2009 at 01:48 AM
Errr. Can I just agree with everyone else?
I think trying to put post-modernism on the same level of what God says doesn't really work. Post-modernism is something we came up with.
From a Jesus Freak standpoint God is real. He is love. He never changes. There ya go. Post-modernism has no hold on God or his promises or his character.
I agree with those who commented and said that we are more familiar with our human, selfish love, even though the way we "love" isn't really love at all.
THERE. I commented. I'll send you the question you never answered...haha
Posted by: AmyVia | October 25, 2009 at 08:02 PM
Good comments! Also, for someone to say there are 'NO' absolutes, wouldn't they have to know EVERYTHING?! I think it's safe to say that someone who makes an absolute comment is also making a potentially contradictory one.
Love is an absolute truth because of the evidence supporting it. Love is something that crosses all boundaries, religions, races, and sexes. People crave it, respond to it, and are motivated by it. Even though it is not necessarily quantifiable, it is highly observable and its effects are undeniable.
Posted by: PT | October 26, 2009 at 02:45 PM