position, higher education tends to reinforce the error. One of the great values of our culture is belief in an open mind. The apostles of relativism, who teach that there are no absolutes and that there is no ultimate and eternal truth, want to suggest that the way to have an open mind is to adopt their philosophy. What is so fascinating about Bloom’s critique, which does not come from a Christian perspective, is his argument that relativism is the closing of the mind to truth. At this point he