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I think the question is, is truth OBJECTIVE, or SUBJECTIVE?
The existentialist philosopher Soren Kierkegaard said, 'Truth is subjectivity.'
He's saying truth is relative to the individual - it's a matter of one's personal perspective.
Yet things are what they are, not what they seem, not what we think they are, not what we want them to be.
I take the view that truth is OBJECTIVE - it is what it is, regardless of one's belief or preference.
One's idea of truth is subjective, one's personal beliefs are subjective, one's perspective is subjective. But I don't see how truth itself can be a matter of personal opinion - things are what they are.
God is the knower of truth. Only God understands everything perfectly and sees everything exactly as it is. God is omniscient.
People can only partially know truth.
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