Is there objective truth, or is everything a matter of opinion?
I have come to the conclusion that there are objective truths, but not very many of them. For example: the laws of physics are objective truths. What goes up must come down, water and the elements behave in certain ways. The laws of cause and effect are objective truths. Actions cause other actions. Mathematical truths are objective. The complete dependability and inevitability of the functions of the earth and the planets must be objective truths. The pitch of a note at a certain number of vibrations per second is an objective and unchanging truth.
But as I said, there is a limited number of these. We accept them with gratitude and relief. We do not seek them. How then can we all be seekers of the truth, as we style ourselves? What is this truth we are all seeking? The truth about what? If it is so controversial it must be a woolly area subject to interpretation and opinion. Different people seek different truth in different places, and are not always delighted when they find it, or even sure that they have found it.
The existence of God and the nature of God is one such woolly area. Convinced atheists and mystics seeking union with the infinite exist together. Does God exist at a distance, or does he dwell in each one of us? Does he influence our lives, guide and defend us, and listen to our prayers? Or does he exist at all? Plainly the truth is subjective here, or if it is not subjective, it remains hidden.
Perhaps we are seeking the nature of the universe and the secret of the creation of life -still unsolved despite our probes into space and into the microscope. It is difficult to arrive at truth here, and this may be an objective truth, when or if we find it.
And perhaps some of us are looking into ourselves to find the truth of our own person and the human soul. So many of us hardly know ourselves. Peering gingerly over the edge of the boat, horror of horrors we see monsters swimming. What are we capable of if driven to it? What is our ultimate price? Would you enter a burning building to save someone trapped? What would you do if you knew you could get away with it? The truth about ourselves of course reflects the truth about all humanity and the truth about humanity reveals the truth about ourselves. We have to face the truth about other people, what they do and why. We have to see the criminal and the saint in every person and in ourselves.
The important thing is that we must not fall into the trap of believing as truth that what we think would be nice. We must believe what we perceive to be the truth, about anything at all, whether we like it or not. And we must continue to sharpen our perceptions and our ability to recognize truth when we see it. That is our real search for the truth.

D. Groocock