This clashing of truths seems more like the rubbing of sandpapers against each other. Belief's go through an evolutionary process and eventually culminate into faith. Greater than any debate or altercation is putting into practice one's belief's. The best we can do is seek God and it is where true joy rises. To think we are capable of comprehending truth as limited beings is nothing more than a musing for the ego. We are sparks of the Divine and we find ways to attune to the spiritual oceanic bliss where being an instrument of God is the key to our everlasting happiness, and a path to experience heaven on earth. When we are out of tune we find we are suffering though may not understand why right away.
The Sufi believes All paths lead to the one. Even for those who do not believe in a Soul they too will one day be God Realized. If our beliefs interfere with another, but do not disturb us then maybe we're doing something right. What I mean is, usually the interference comes when man ask another his opinion on a subject- a wise man often safeguards his opinion for the sake of Harmony and carefully chooses his words. It's an interesting concept- how one binds themselves to their opinion's or how others think they know all there is to someone once they express their opinion.
Intolerance is a natural response from man, evident in the lower realms, and exist even in the enlightened individual whose peace is easily disturbed when someone sits next to him. Truth is multidimensional. Love and Intelligence, which seem separate, are one in the same- they can not exist without each other. With Understanding, tolerance is learned and a greater expression of Love is formed.
Back to truth... If we remove the context or conditions in which a truth is formed we realize that truth may then be false or only partially true. Again, how can we know the unknowable- live in complete harmony with the limitless whilst limited ourselves? Reason will often cloud the truth because reason alone can not perceive the omniscient omnipresence.
So now I feel like sharing my opinion. Can it be accepted here? I believe in God and Soul. I believe this body and this soul are gifts from our Mother Earth and God. I believe God is Love, but do not fully know what this means. I pray to God though I pray, "I'd like to meet you." I believe our body will cease to exist so to get acquainted with this transition on a daily basis... I believe to Love others and do good for others to the best of my ability. I prefer nonviolence and understand we all tread unique paths. The only war I wage is within myself.
On a separate but not separate line of discussion... Here the beliefs of the Sufi may put Truth in better perspective...
To further elaborate on the mission and the methods employed to develop one's inner life, Inayat wrote:
There are ten principal Sufi thoughts which comprise all the important subjects with which the inner life of man is concerned:
1) There is one God, the Eternal, the Only Being; none else exists save God.
2) There is one Master, the Guiding Spirit of all souls, who constantly leads all followers towards the light.
3) There is one Holy Book, the sacred manuscript of nature, which truly enlightens all readers.
4) There is one Religion, the unswerving progress in the right direction towards the ideal, which fulfils the life's purpose of every soul.
5) There is one Law, the law of Reciprocity, which can be observed by a selfless conscience together with a sense of awakened justice.
6) There is one human Brotherhood, the Brotherhood and Sisterhood which unites the children of earth indiscriminately in the Fatherhood of God.
7) There is one Moral Principle, the love which springs forth from self-denial, and blooms in deeds of beneficence.
There is one Object of Praise, the beauty which uplifts the heart of its worshipper through all aspects from the seen to the unseen.
9) There is one Truth, the true knowledge of our being within and without which is the essence of all wisdom.
10) There is one Path, the annihilation of the false ego in the real, which raises the mortal to immortality and in which resides all perfection.
The objectives of the Sufi path:
1) To realize and spread the knowledge of unity, the religion of love and wisdom, so that the bias of faiths and beliefs may of itself fall away, the human heart may overflow with love, and all hatred caused by distinctions and differences may be rooted out.
2) To discover the light and power latent in man, the secret of all religion, the power of mysticism, and the essence of philosophy, without interfering with customs or belief.
3) To help to bring the world's two opposite poles, East and West, closer together by the interchange of thought and ideals, that the Universal Brotherhood may form of itself, and man may see with man beyond the narrow national and racial boundaries.
The Way of Illumination, Sufi Thoughts, Inayat Khan