Religious toleration is not dependent on the concept of religious truth

The podcast explores the idea that religious toleration does not hinge on whether there is a religious truth or not. Religious wars and violence in early modern Europe led some thinkers, like Spinoza, to argue that religion and theology are not concerned with truth but rather with piety and obedience. The speaker poses the question of whether toleration should be based on accepting that there is no objective religious truth, and argues that toleration relies on accepting what others believe to be true, rather than judging whether their beliefs are objectively true. The focus is on tolerating different beliefs, not determining their truth.