This is a continuation of my thoughts on relativism. See past blog posts for further points.

This time I’d like to look at a fall-back position of some relativists. They say we can get all truths from science, and we should be suspicious of truths from any other source.

But is science the only place we can get truths? Absolutely not. We can know much without science. Consider the Declaration of Independence, in which the famous lines ring out: “We hold these truths to be self-evident . . .” What are these people saying? That some truths do not need proving, that some truths do not need scientific evidence of their rightness. We have intuitions, moral leanings, emotions, laws of logic–these all exist outside the realm of science.

In addition, science has no answers for the most important questions of life–where did we come from? why are we here? what gives value to life? how should we treat each other? what happens when we die?

Next time, let’s talk about how we can go about finding truths in morality and religion–a tough challenge in today’s society.