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absolutes
specific principles (eg: life is sacred), rules (eg: do not kill), or values (eg: justice) which are regarded as invariably true and valid, irrespective of circumstances. Time and place, country culture and context, make no difference. Absolutes commonly derive directly from a source which is itself seen as having absolute authority. For Christians God is considered as the ultimate reference point for everything, the absolute of all absolutes. Some Christians go on the claim that this quality of absoluteness also belongs to such as the Bible, the Pope, a Church Council, or the individual conscience. Others warn of the danger of mistaking human expression, which is fallible, for God.
See also:
conscience
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