I made a promise to some friends that I would update this thing more often, and this is the first post to that effect.

I was discussing Creationism vs Evolutionism with one of the afore mentioned friends, and we hit upon some interesting points.

1. There is a lot of hate between the two camps. There are many people who get entirely too irrational about the subject; Creationists saying that Evolutionists are trying to undermine their religious institutions, and the Evolutionists calling the Creationists stupid for believing in fairy tales. I'm not saying that these arguments are representative of either side, but the people making these comments seem to be the ones who get the most press.

2. Evolution is still a scientific theory; it is not proven and it is not law. Many people seem to forget this fact. While there is a lot evidence pointing to evolution as a verifiable natural process, it still has not entered into scientific dogma, and there are many people working on the problem. From a purely scientific standpoint, it would be acceptable for evolution to be proven false, as that would end the debate, and allow us to further our knowledge of the world. Unfortunately, people seem to be more concerned with being right rather than factual.

3. The ideology of Creationists and Evolutionists are inherently different. Their basic assumptions about the whole issue are not the same. An Evolutionist is looking for something that can be objectively and independently verified. They are looking for an experiment that can be published and then duplicated by anyone in the world with the equipment and inclination to do so. Creationists, on the other hand, operate on faith. They are have no need of independent verification because having faith in God and the Bible does not require it. This is not to imply that scientists are without any sort of faith, or that devout people are foolish for their beliefs, just to point out that the ideology is different, and that causes problems.

Some thoughts on political parties.
As I've said before, I can't always remember what I've talked about on this page, so I apologize if I repeat myself. If you know me personally, then you know that that is pretty much how I operate in real life anyway.

Political parties are not interested in finding the best man for office. They are not even interested in finding the best Democrat or Republican or whatever for office. They are interested in the person most likely to get elected, whatever his qualities. The only reason that issues matter to the party at all, is that issues affect your ability to get elected. If a study was done proving that penis size affected your chances, you can be damn sure that every presidential hopeful would find himself in a room with doctor, a ruler, and his pants around his ankles.

Overheard in my Literature 275 class

A student mentioned that she was dying to ask the professor if he held any kind of religious beliefs at all, because shed couldn't tell.

It's true; from his lectures you really don't get any kind feel for weather or not he has any, but that doesn't bother me.

I wanted to ask her, "If he was Christian, would that make him a better professor? Would he be a worse teacher is he was an Atheist?"

Just an interesting question. Not sure why I didn't speak up. Maybe I'll ask next week.

Marriage (Mine)

I'm still developing a.... an image, if you will, of myself as a married man. It's still hard for me to grasp that she doesn't care if screw up, because she loves me. It's strange that I should forget that, as it's the same way I feel about her.

I'm also learning that just because I love her very much, does not mean that I'm always happy with her. We're human, above all, and we get upset with each other. Sometimes a lot, sometimes not at all. But we always come out of it.