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They now should think of their faith, advises Hick, as one of many planets circling around the sun of absolute truth-a truth that remains inaccessible to us in its fullness, which we can grasp only partially from the perspective of the one planet on which we happen to be sitting.

Background behavior can be carried out automatically, without much reflection. The individual simply follow the programs laid out for him. By contrast, foreground behavior requires reflection. The balance between background and foreground has been greatly affected by modernisation: the increase in choicehas led to a coressponding increase in reflection.

Quite apart from anything else, nothing would get done; all available time would be occupied with inventing and reinventing the rules of engagement.