It is good to see you on the forums TerryPaul
Jesus is the Truth and He seeks us so that we may seek Him.
I have always believed that there has to be Absolute Truth if there is to be any ‘truth’ at all because truth is not objective or a personal ‘thing’ but it is a living reality for all men.
All too often the search for truth is a stripping away of a pile of excuses we have formed as opinions or have inherited from others which eventually leads to Jesus and to reach Jesus we must take up our Cross.
People are entitled to have their opinions, but it matters diddly squat what their opinion is because there is Absolute Truth. Someone who is seeking to form their opinions will always seek the truth and often, when they find the truth, swerve away from it when it does not tally up with their long held opinions. It can take time to accept the Truth and often people have to sacrifice in order to accept the Truth, it is always humbling.
Pride can be a huge issue as well.
I think what you are addressing here is more a matter of formation of the conscience, if this is not developed then this is what dulls the mind to the truth and people form opinions and personal so-called truths and apply it as an Absolute Truth when of course, it is not. A man however must be true to his conscience and always seek to develop his conscience. We can do no violence to the conscience.
It never does any good to deliver the long lecture on the Truth especially when the person hearing does not have a developed conscience. It is far better to say a few words and leave them to think about that or to say nothing at all and live the Gospel with your life. In the short term they will not have been told the answers of the truth but they will have had planted in them a seed which will cause them to think about and seek those answers themselves or what they have witnessed by the way someone lives their lives and has treated them.
I have seen this in my own life and have learned it is better to say less, pray a great deal and love with all your heart.
Only the Holy Spirit enlightens men to the truth and we must call upon Him to do the work only He can do and all we need do is pray, be obedient and persevering in faith no matter how difficult it may become.
It is the case that a man needs many crosses before he comes to the Truth, Christ Jesus. Suffering causes us to grow in love and obedience.
Jesus has revealed ‘*** I AM**, the Way, the Truth and the Life’*, therefore everything that the Master does and tells us to do so we too, as servants and friends, must do all He asks even to the cross, to be like Him.
One Voice, one Hope, one Truth, Christ Jesus.