I'm wondering if perhaps "Absolute Truth" and "Ultimate Truth" are misleading terms. Both are finite, implying that somewhere there is an and. Maybe "Infinite Truth" would be a better term - we learn more and more as we go along the path, but there's always something new to explore around the next bend.

Dick, I do think it's important for us to realize that while we seek truth (or what ever that ultimate goal is), we can never fully achieve it. If we understand that, it makes it easier for us to appreciate and learn from the different paths that others have taken.

Take Islam, for example - not a path that many of us have taken. Still, what is there that we can learn from those good people who have taken that path? I heard last night that the Sufi Muslim mystic Rumi is currently the best-read poet in the United States. It's good to hear that people are exploring the paths that others have taken.

-Joe-