The philosophical debate on absolute truths vs Relativism rages on. I see or read it consistently in the literature and in every day life and have had some interesting debates on Facebook circles. I find this a fascinating topic and even amongst Christian circles there seems to be very opinionated ideas on truth. There is some literature on the topic which I am now reading which I will hope to blog in the coming weeks. Everyone seems to have strong opinions and I would encourage anyone to comment on this blog.
Below is some information gathered in the past few weeks.
"There is no true peace without the truth! There cannot be true peace if everyone is his own criterion, if everyone can always claim exclusively his own rights, without at the same time caring for the good of others, of everyone, on the basis of the nature that unites every human being on this earth"...Pope Francis
via...George Weigel, "Impoverished Spirits" Denver Catholic Register. April 10, 2013
George Weigel finishes the above referenced article with this quote..."You can count on this pontificate to challenge the dictatorship of relativism in the name of authentic humanism."
The Denver Catholic Register has been running several excellent pieces from Archbishop Aquila on Marriage. I encourage you to take a look. http://www.archden.org/index.cfm/ID/9707/Columns/
From Archbiship Samuel Aquila column on April 10, 2013. "Today, people seem to believe marriage is an institution created by governments-a recognition of a partnership of adults. In some ways, marriage has become viewed as a social recognition of mutual affection between two adults. This view of marriage is relativistic and self centered."
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