The unbearable lightness of being

I think the agnostics have the right idea. Technically speaking I am a scientist. I have a Bachelor of Sciencein Mathematics. That is not, however, what most people think of when they hear the word science. Math is what you would call a pure science or a theoretical science. The other brands are more like applied sciences. I am about to return to school to pursue a second bachelor of science in a subject people do think of when they hear the word; physics. Anywho, my point is I'm a scientist. I'm also a Christian. I generally like to specify exactly what my version of Christianity entails so as to seperate my self from the fundamentalist herds, or rather, lemmings, if you prefer, but I feel that would detract from the issue at hand. So I'll skip it...this time. I am a Christian, but I am first and foremost a scientist. If ever the two are contradictory I will try like hell to compromise, but if that's not possible I will choose empiricism over spirituality. Which leads me to my rant. I have never had a problem resolving my status as a scientist with my spirituality. There are, apparently, many who have. Science is probably the single most common justification for atheism. Atheists cite the lack of evidence as proof that god does not exist. This is not entirely unjustifiable in my opinion. I believe what I do largely due to personal experiences which support (or prove) the basis of my ideas and I am not convinced I would if simply left to faith. Therefore I don't expect others to believe on that basis. The lack of evidence of a higher  power does, in fact, support a hypothesis to that end. However, if the proposition is the existence of God, lack of evidence does not constitute disproof, or rather, proof of the absence of God. Lack of evidence to support any proposition does not constitute disproof, it merely constitutes lack of evidence. Therein lies my beef with atheism. I feel atheists hold them selves in higher intellectual regard, having sensibly selected the superior position based on principles of the scientific method. Then they, who place science as a way of thinking above all others, go and ignore what constitutes a logical fallacy. This may be a strange time to quote the bible, but you are judged by your own measure.   That is a sin I would forgive others for more easily.

I finally did it.

I cut it all off.

teaching sucks

I'm coming home!!! C U Next Tuesday (literally)