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I find it interesting how the left condemns Christian teachings because they are "absolutist" in nature (as if that is a bad thing) and thus think they are so much more "advanced" with their moral relativism. No society has ever survived moral relativism.
The left does not condemn Christian teachings, the left condemns the interference of Christian teachings into the public realm. It is the same as Islamic teachings, we, and by we I mean most people, do not want religion to be the controlling authority or we will return to the Dark Ages. Liberals are not relativists, I think the few who argue that misinterpret the meaning of relative. My life and the responsibility to pursue the goals of my life are not relative. Without those established values I could not even write this. The religious who need to become 'more' relativist, as respect for life styles and individual freedoms is where their absolutism is least desired.
Your last sentence reminds of this quotation.
"We cannot define anything precisely! If we attempt to, we get into that paralysis of thought that comes to philosophers, who sit opposite each other, one saying to the other, 'You don't know what you are talking about!' The second one says 'What do you mean by know? What do you mean by talking? What do you mean by you?', and so on. " Richard Feynman