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Religions generally presuppose that humans have access to absolute truth. However, how do we know and, if we do, can we confirm that there definitely exists a strict division between truth and falsehood in all cases? The fallibility of perception and the limits of human ability seem to suggest that truth is not absolute.

In other words, if we define a lie as an intentional misrepresentation of the truth, then there seems to be a presupposition that truth can be known absolutely. So, if we extend the definition of truth to be contingent on human experience of reality, as a filter of sorts, and not truth as a direct statement about reality, then that seems to make truth a popularity contest, like a genetic variation of Wikipedia if you will. This makes religion’s presupposition naive.