{"id":1017,"date":"2010-04-02T14:21:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T06:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/04\/02\/the-heirarchy-of-realistic-significance\/"},"modified":"2010-04-02T14:21:40","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T06:21:40","slug":"the-heirarchy-of-realistic-significance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/04\/02\/the-heirarchy-of-realistic-significance","title":{"rendered":"The Heirarchy of Realistic Significance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roy posed this question in a comment on my previous post<\/a> which I forgot to address in my response. <\/p>\n

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…but what makes a relationship “real?” Or at least, what makes it more “real” than faith? Is it simply the physical presence? What about our relationships with loved ones who have passed on?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I think the question would be worth making a new entry for – as it’s a perfect opportunity to expound on what I’ve touched on before<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And I apologize in advance; because I will be forced to use a shit-ton of quotation marks here – because I have a sinking feeling I’m going to regret this particular topic of debate with a bonafide Philosophy teacher,<\/strong> and I will admit right off the bat that as far as verbal\/written articulation is concerned, I’m probably going to look like an idiot – but I’ll try anyways \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Recap<\/h1>\n

The thing that led Roy to ask this question was when I stressed the importance of real empirical<\/em> human relationships over<\/em> relationships that are simply based on faith.<\/p>\n

The general claim was that I [personally] put more value in human effort rather than human “beliefs.” That is to say, I “judge” a person’s worth based on what they do<\/em> – not necessarily the beliefs they hold. And the reason is because in context of a limited world view, I don’t believe that there is always one<\/em> answer (that admits of no exceptions) to every issue – something which the tenets of a “belief system” 1 <\/sup><\/a>Which relies on ultimate, authoritative, and absolute truths<\/span><\/span>