Relativizing

Associated with this relativizing is the notion of a great peace among religions, which recognize each other as different ways of reflecting the One Eternal Being and which should leave up to the individual the path he will grope along to find the One who nevertheless unites them all. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The essential aspect for him today is to treat the Lefebvrist bishops as if they had not been excommunicated, which is a completely Roman way of at least "relativizing", without, however, contradicting oneself completely! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Yet the tsunami has also forced us, at least for a moment, to behave as citizens of the planet, "relativizing" the almost indecently petty nature of our divisions. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I am glad to comment on Harvey Cox's courteous letter, though most of what I wrote about the "relativizing" of the Christian preaching had to do with things in Mrs. Ruether's book. ❋ Cox, Harvey (1973)

Through such a relativizing process, the Christian faith is radically changed ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

I wonder whether the problem with relativizing the “indirect” object arises only with overt relative pronouns … ❋ Unknown (2009)

This relativizing/sacralizing of actions is precisely why evangelicals are so successful in American politics. ❋ Ph.D. D. Michael Lindsay (2010)

Markets are relativizing, pragmatizing, and secularizing. ❋ Rus Bowden (2009)

For example, on a traditional, three-dimensional conception of material objects, the problem of change is often accounted for by relativizing properties and relations to times and (ID) becomes ❋ Unknown (2009)

This apparent contradiction is resolved by Bene by relativizing the state not to an observer, as in the relational quantum mechanics sketched in Section 2, but rather to a relevant composite system. ❋ Laudisa, Federico (2008)

In physics, the move of deepening our insight into the physical world by relativizing notions previously used as absolute has been applied repeatedly and very successfully. ❋ Laudisa, Federico (2008)

Moreover, even if there is such a distinction, relativizing “good” to agents is not sufficient to deal with all intuitive cases of constraints, because common sense allows that you ought not to murder, even in order to prevent yourself from murdering twice in the future. ❋ Schroeder, Mark (2008)

But the actuarial relativizing of armchair warriors watching Fox News doesn't much interest you when you're home alone and you hear the phone. ❋ Unknown (2007)

So we're now moving one step further and relativizing the relative? ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

Such a relativizing move may not be objectionable, nor is it necessary. ❋ Joyce, Richard (2007)

Smart person: "How can you [objectively] claim that there are no objective claims?" Relativist: *brain [melts]* "Stop persecuting me, you [xenophobe]!" ❋ Grim Winnebago (2004)

Relativism [pretty much] means What is true [for me] is true for me [and what] is true for you is true for you.. ❋ Thesquareof4 (2012)

hitler thought it was [perfectly fine] of him to kill millions of people. obviously, he was a relativist. the people he [oppressed] obviously didn't have the same [veiw], and look at what happened. they were killed. ❋ Karl (2004)

Everything is relative. This means that all belief systems are equally true, except for Christianity and anything remotely pro-western or pro-American. Also, since [relativism] holds that there is no center of truth, it is a perfectly valid opinion to say that "[Plan 9] From Outer Space" is a better movie than "[Citizen Kane]", because my opinion is just as valid as yours, even when I don't bother to back it up. ❋ Killing Kittens (2006)

It [looks like] the Hardings are practicing [the theory] of relativeity again! ❋ I, Wreckerrr (2021)

Mark:Murder is [objectively wrong] John:that's not true sometimes murder is morally justified Mark:How?! John: well in my [moral relativism] nothing is objectively [right or wrong]. ❋ The Real Jester (2016)

Person 1: That country is disgusting with their ritual baby [murders], female genital mutalation, and torturing of [innocent people]. Person 2: Man, you have no cultural relativism! Don't use your [humanitarian] values to judge another culture! ❋ Jeffreykittens (2007)

[Uber-relativism] describes people that are so [wishy washy] that they can no [longer] tell right from wrong because either way something will be "discriminated" against ❋ SethHuhn (2011)