One persons truth is another's falsehood

Isn't it strange how something which is perfectly plausible to some is implausible to others. From religion to politics from teams you support to cultural differences which make us miles apart in terms of our understanding.

The liberal call to uniformity of purpose is nearly impossible if so many entrenched ideologies exist and are slavishly followed. If individual prejudice, born of childhood experience separates us and enslaves us in our own private ghetto, when can we fruitfully see the others point of view.
This is not the prerogative of a cult leader, it includes the Pope, all political leaders, fans of Manchester United as well as believers in a flat earth. The scope of our belief and our understanding is limited by our personal experience which is so varied that it is a wonder two people can agree.
Much depends on how willing we are to defend on opinion. Most people prefer the quiet life, many have surrendered there opinion to others such as a "headline" from the newspaper or a glib one liner from a talk given in a news bulletin.

Seeking your version of the truth depends on your willingness to look outside your immediate environment and one of the easiest ways to do this is to read a range of opinion from people who have themselves made the effort. But always remember you are an reading opinion just as slanted as yours which might be no closer to "the truth", (what ever that might mean) !

One persons truth is another's falsehood, or rather somewhere in between and given the lack of any sort of mean between us, what does the surety of the Pope or the Dalai Lama amount to. Is blind faith nothing more than blind. Is our commitment towards the  specific knowledge/experienced we all hold, nothing more than a personal mirage.
Once a thing is known it is never unknown, only added to.