When a scientist reaches the end of his analysis, he should not be sure he has reached the essence of the matter under study until he reckons the extent to which his conclusions reflect no more than the habitat of his own thinking and that of his professional colleagues. (Cf. De Chardin, Phenomenon Of Man)

Recall the year 1981 when the authenticity of an ancient relic was upheld, when the cold calculating eye of science saw the imprint of the wounded body of Christ on the venerable Shroud of Turin.
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A passenger on a train, walking in the direction of the train, will move a distance equal to the distance he moves on the train plus the distance the train moves on the tracks.  His velocity relative to the earth is the velocity of his walking plus the velocity of the train.  How could it be otherwise?  The train, the passenger and the earth are all in the same ship of existence.  Only fringe philosophers looking for attention, or worse, nitpicking by purist mathematicians would doubt these common sense perceptions.
The above sensible conclusion however is mistaken. The truth with the benign label relativity is radically different.  The fallout in the our view of reality has been huge and not least in the realm of religion.