So this is it then. The last week of five years of INTENSIVE undergraduate education. It is a strange feeling, much similar to that I had when my parents came out to Saskatchewan for my highschool graduation. What now? Within a week, all my marks will be in, and there will be nothing that I can do about it. I had a chance, but decided that Video games were more important. The choices have been made, and now I must live with whatever consequences come my why. Do you think that beating James Bond would be an item they would look favourably at on a resume?

My son is growing, according to the doctors. 6lbs 8 as opposed to 6lb 5, but is that really growth or simply and discontinuency between the different scales. Well, he is eating and pooping, and that is all I care about.

Danya is walking. It is fun watching your kids grow. Lately I have tried to remember what it was like. I was unsuccessful. I shouldn't be surprised, since I can hardly remember that crucial bit of information from the lecture last week, how am I to remember obscure occurances of revelation during a period of time when all I cared about was food, Mom and well, a clean diaper.

My younger brother took a bike from me. Not that I need it, since the one I have I put together from spare parts, and though it is falling apart and pathetic, I am rather proud of such a mundane accomplishment. But then again, I DID put it together. It must count for something. Think that is something that I should put on my resume?

Well, enough for now. An hour is all I have left before my painful exam on old Books.

This week has been a very interesting week. There have been many interesting conversations. One discussion, on which I am still thinking, has been on what role philosophy should have for the christian. One of my friends, a charismatic right wing christian, is quite convinced that Philosophy is the playground of the devil, destroying strong christians and anihilating the weak ones. On the other hand, another friend is currently studying philosophy and contends that the job of the Philosopher is to seek truth, and if God is true, then the philosopher will be seeking God. So what is it? Is philosophy simply a tool a christian can use to get to know God, or is it a weapon of evil which will eventually wipe out mankind as we know it?

My position is more in the middle. As a Christian, the first course of action is to Pray and talk to God. Often after prayer, God will hand me His reference book and say,'All you need to know about the subject is in there... read it for yourself.' (I mean, when you go talk to the author of the book, about the book, then it is best to have first read the book, no?)

As I sat and contemplated things, I came up with this. 1) It is good to search for the Truth. a) For Jesus said, I am the way, the Truth and the Life. Are we not to search for Jesus? b) Philosophy is the search for truth. 2) Next I thought, so where do we find truth? a) Philosophy gets their truth from people. b)Theology gets its truth from God. 3) Then I thought, well, what is the difference, truth is truth, independant of where it comes from. But no. It isn't. For people "see as if through a cloudy mirror..." and "deceitful and hollow philosophies" are what happens when you are required to rely on Men as a source for truth. There is a reason for this, though I am not certain that I totally understand it. God says that he "closes our eyes" and "hardens our hearts". That though we see, we do not understand, and though we hear, we do not believe. Now, of course, one must accept the Bible in order to accept this understanding about Philosophy.