Common meaning:

Belief that knowledge should be based upon evidence and reason.

Hidden meaning of the Equity religion: 

This belief in evidence needs to be abandoned because it supports liberal society and excludes mystical knowledge.

Discussion:

Equity declares that knowledge should not be based on evidence and reason because doing that supports liberal society and excludes other ways of knowing, including the mystical.

Alarm bells should be going off when we are told that we should not base our knowledge on evidence but on mystical knowledge. 

Many people in the liberal West have believed in positivism, without even knowing what it is. Basically, it is expected that our beliefs and knowledge should be based on reasonable evidence and logical reasoning. 

The Equityists don’t like this because they see positivism as the basis for Western liberal society. In order to help destroy liberalism, they introduced the idea that we need to include all types of mystical knowledge that have no basis in reality or logical thinking.

When it comes to the truth, there are no other ways of knowing.