Hi Rachel:
Good to see you back here on Avalon. We haven't heard enough from you lately and this forum is a better place because of your posts!
Call me a "post modernists" but I think we all have multiple and conflicting belief systems about reality. I think anyone who picks up a tooth brush before going to bed at night does so because they believe in a objective reality: they believe in the reality of the tooth brush, of their own teeth, of the reality of the process of dental decay, and of the nerve pain that it causes. However, pain, is a subjective reality, but one that will convince almost everyone of an objective reality of toothbrushes.Posted by Innocent Warrior (here)
I can’t get past what you seem to be assuming here, which is that reality is objective (correct me if I’m wrong re. assumption).
I have also lived, loved and lost, and that has also convinced me of a a greater reality beyond the reality of the plastic toothbrush lying in my bathroom. Never the less, I am still going to brush my teeth.
So, I think there are multiple perspectives we need to look at reality.
Also, I think sovereignty is something that is never absolute or completely void - it exists to different degrees whether you live in North Korea or Sweden, in a city or the wilderness, in a state of perfect health or if you are bedridden inside of a prison. And of course your attitude has a lot to do with it too.
I find it admirable that people can change there mind on issues. I think some of the best ideas come from people who allowed there minds to be changed, who were open to new information, who were willing to re-examine their long held assumption. I also find it admirable when people decide they don't have enough information and decide not to have an opinion.she wouldn’t compromise on issues such as this (a characteristic of hers I admire).