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CMV: Usage of the phrase "my truth" rather than just "the truth" is incoherent and absurd

I've heard people, both religious and non-religious, begin using the term "my truth" more and more. Things such as "We may disagree but you have your truth and I have my truth" or "You may not believe in X but that's *my* truth. It's true for me". In accompaniment to this, I've heard people promulgate that there isn't any ultimate/real truth, but that what's true for person A may not be true for person B. This seems absurd to me. 

Truth is literally that which corresponds to reality. Reality is distinct from a person's *perception* of reality. I may be fully convinced that ghosts are real, but the fact remains: either ghosts exist or they don't. Saying they exist "for me" bears no real meaning. Sure, I could say that "I believe" or "It's my perception that" they exist, but equating opinion with fact is ridiculous. 

As a clarification, I'm not saying we should stop sharing our opinions or begin declaring them as facts. Obviously that could be dangerously dogmatic. But if truth is involved in a statement, we ought to discuss "the truth" instead of "a/my/your truth"

CMV!
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Consider a situation where a husband and a wife get in an argument. During the argument, the husband yells.

To the wife, she felt like he was attacking her. Her interpretation of the situation is that he was being aggressive and using his power of voice to overpower her and shut her up.

To the husband, he interpreted the situation that he just got angry at yelled. She was saying things that were, to him, inflammatory, and he reacted strongly and yelled. To him, he was just yelling out loud, but not "at" her, or to shut her up.

Which one is true?

The correct answer is: neither. Both people interpret the situation based on their own unique histories, traumas, biases, limited perceptions, limited knowledge, etc. Neither person has a totally objective view on the situation. ***They literally can't***

However, it *is* true that the wife experienced things the way she did, and it *is* true that the husband experienced things the way he did. Those are their truths and they are completely undeniable. The husband can argue all he wants about how he didn't yell *at* her, but that doesn't change the fact that she experienced it that way.

Turns out, there is a shitload about life that works this way.