You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes. Maimonides Slowly but surely, the religious beliefs that we had been dragging with us in the West since the Middle Ages, were eroded with the advent of modernity and positivism. Postmodernity and its relativism put the final nails in the coffin. Suddenly, the paradigm of absolute religious truth was replaced by the acceptance of multiple religious and spiritual truths that were truths when considered in their particular contexts. Even the Roman Catholic Church had to admit that "portions of truth exist outside the Church". Clinging to an absolute religious truth is simply untenable in a globalised world. Science relies on absolute truths: a virus is a virus in every country and language regardless of any other cultural considerations. But perceived metaphysical certainties are far more complex and impossible to pin down and universalise. When it comes to religious beliefs, these are almost by definition mutu...