"There is no objective truth." I mean, everything taught in school is just taught so that you can later reject it. Whenever you ask a question, the answer is simply the answer that your mentor likes to believe. If "there is no objective moral truth," that explains why the jails are empty and the globe is one big family, each individual holding nothing against the other.
Okay, so obviously, there is objective truth. There is objective moral truth. And that means that there is only one way to live. Stealing is either right or wrong. Killing is either right or it's wrong. Bullying is either harmless or it's bad. Abuse is either helpful or it's very, very hurtful.
So there is one way of life. I won't tell you what is it here; that's not my drive.
My drive is at the concept of having one way to live, but having many types. For example, there are the "Mother Theresa"s, and there are the the "Dorothy Day"s, and there are the "Little Flower"s and the type of person that lives just down the street, volunteering at soup kitchens and donating to charity. There is missionary work to be done – but it can be as abnormal and far-flung as going to a third world country, or as routine and ordinary as giving to those in need in your own community.
That understood, is there only one type of person? Is each objective-truth-possessing individual a carbon copy of each other? No, obviously, so should they be?
Well, I think of it this way. "Bob" is a straightforward person with a gentle voice and tender compassion. Working with those who have been hurt might be right up his alley. "Kent" is an active person with endless energy and extra batteries in his mouth motor. He likes to say it as it is and preach, preach, preach. Sometimes the truth blinds him to the tenderness a soft soul might need for healing. He's probably more suited for conferences and mission trip talks, and so on.
And likewise, my friends who like to be everywhere at once and share everything that comes into their heads in the name of "testimony" are entitled to so. Some people need friends like that – friends that are open and that challenge you to go to new distances. But if you are, like me, a quieter soul that likes to hold back a little, there's nothing wrong with that either. Some are intimidated by people who tell too much.
So, one way. Many types.
If people could just learn that, I think we'd all be understood a little better.
~Meggy
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