Logic and Truth

It is oxymoronic to say that you are rational and believe in relative truth simultaneously.

Logic 101
A logical argument is built upon truth statements. Without truth statements, you cannot build an argument. A logical argument contains a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. If terms cannot be defined universally, then you do not have a rational argument.

Example:

All cows eat grass
You are a cow
Therefore, you eat grass

For us to have a rational debate, I must do 3 things:

1. Define my terms: (cows, grass, you)
2. Place my terms in a true / false statement
3. Put my statements (propositions) in a valid logic format

Therefore,
A. If we can agree upon what a "cow" is
B. If we can agree upon what "grass" is
C. If we can agree upon what "you" refers to

Then we can actually discuss something rationally. If truth is relative, then there cannot be rational thought. In other words, if a cow cannot be difined in such a way that we both know what we are talking about, then communication ceases.

"All truth is relative" is simply "an attack on thought." Besides, I garauntee that no believer in relative truth lives according to his belief.

Consider: A man who espouses relative truth goes into pick up his paycheck. He is supposed to be receiving $500.00 for last week's work. His boss pays him $1.00. His boss says, "That may be $1.00 to you, but to me that is $500.00." You can bet that at that point the man espousing relative truth is becoming an absolutist!

And if you think this is just ivory tower stuff, consider the stupidity of our nation's highest office holder, Bill Clinton, saying, "That depends on what the definition of 'is' is."