Relativity of the Perception of Truth

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Originally Posted by YesNo

If I understand Galileo's and Einstein's relativity, we live in relative, "subjective" frames of reference and yet we come up with the "same core answers", that is, the same laws of physics. You expressed this same concept of relativity well when it comes to different religious frames of reference as well as many non-religious perspectives. They as well lead to the same core answers.

This doesn't mean that everyone's right. We are probably all wrong to some extent, but (1) we should be able to reach the same core answers using our particular frames of reference without having to convert to some other religion and (2) we can trust that there is some objectivity underlying our subjective frames of reference.

Interesting idea there with the theory of relativity; I hadn't thought of that.

I absolutely agree with that last bit - I'm definitely not saying that everyone is right, or even that everyone agrees on those 'core truths.' I'm only suggesting, like you seem to be, that people can agree on those core truths without agreeing on the rational details surrounding them. Kierkegaard distinguished between the subjective and objective truth, but he placed a higher importance on the subjective. I think he may have been right there. The subjective is what we live our lives by; the objective can generally provide little more than explanations after the fact. All of this is, of course, speculation.