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Originally posted by followtheevidence
For what something states it can be absolutely true.
I'm wondering if we think of absolute in different terms. Absolutely true means true in all circumstances, places, times. I was born female. That will always be true, no matter where I go, what I do, how much time has passed - even in 12,533 years, it will remain true. I am female and 28yrs old. That will not always be true so it cannot be absolute even if it is more precise.
I guess you would have to show me how simply stating that I was born female isn't absolutely true for what it states.
And besides - you're not actually arguing that absolute truth doesn't exist, but that our language struggles to convey it adequately.