How Subjectivity Prevents Us From Being Open-Minded Individuals

 “If everyone prefaced their religious beliefs with, “in my opinion,” perhaps it would be less of an argument point. “In my opinion, there is no one God.””  T Schomburg

TheTruthIsI have come to realize that Truth is a subjective term. I think that my Truth is different from your Truth. And no one Truth is right, because all of our beliefs are right in a way that makes sense to us.

Two individuals can hear, watch, smell, taste, and feel the same experience and yet come out with different recollections and sentiments. This is commonly understood and respected. And yet, we still cannot seem to find agreement in having a difference in opinion.

A different set of belief systems that don’t align with our own subjective Truths are perceived as opposing views; they seem foreign and dangerous.

We trick our minds into thinking that ‘different’ is equal to ‘opposing’ — a toxic mindset which stems from our acquired taste for the dramatic and our lust for fabricated truths.

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