the Maverick Philosopher on some fashionable confusions

Such as, “the question of whether there is one god or many (or none) as a version of the question of whether there is “one truth or many.”

Eh?

The Maverick Philosopher shines the bright sunlight of clarity on this whole mucky swamp of confusion:

The claim that truth is absolute, and cannot be relative to individuals or groups or historical epochs or races, or anything else, is a claim about the nature of truth.  It is a claim about what truth is. One who insists on this obvious point is not laying claim to any absolute or god-like knowledge.  I can know that truth is absolute without knowing which propositions are true.  It is not polite to say it, but say it we must:  the failure to grasp such a simple point is a mark of stupidity in someone like Caputo who has had plenty of time and opportunity to learn something about philosophy.  He’s committing a rookie blunder, a sophomoric mistake. (emphases added)

Read the whole post here.