Let me first say that I fully intended to respond to everyone last night or this morning. I was informed at about 9pm that I needed to wake up at 4am this Saturday morning in order to drive my little sisters to an all-day Civil Air Patrol SAREX (search-and-rescue exercise) three hours away from home. Needless to say, I was delighted and eager to help out my family, as I always am. So I popped into bed, where my brain whirred away like a frightened chipmunk until about midnight. As soon as I woke up, it whirred away some more. (you know, with that noise your laptop makes when it wants to let you know it is working really, really hard?)

The trip was a blessing in disguise. I had nothing to do but think, all day long. I found that the town with my sister's SAREX was situated on a very long trail that runs east/west through the middle of Missouri. I spent three and a half hours walking on it. The first hour and fifteen minutes, I was just trying to get away from people so I could think. After I contracted my first blister and realized I was four miles away from my car, I had plenty of time to muse and pray during the many rest stops on the return trip. By the time I was done, my brain had stopped whirring. I had found the words I need. The three-hour return car ride, followed by an hour and a half of reading Bible in the bathtub, clarified things even more. (For the humor impaired, to quote Dave Barry, yes, I know it is odd that I mentioned the bathtub part of it. It is supposed to be amusing.)

I am prepared to make a preliminary concession. I believe my original argument is sound as it stands, but it is incomplete. (2) should read: "All God's truth is determined from the Bible and some of God's truth is also discernable through general revelation." I am not prepared to write out the full argument tonight, since I am exhausted. I will most likely get to it late tomorrow, since I want to locate a particular Chesterton quotation and make sure that my memory of Aquinas is still accurate. Also, I have a ten-page faith & reason integration essay to write by Monday (I will assume "the end of" Monday, as interpreted via Central time, not Eastern) after work and my Frisbee league game (if I can move); we'll see how that goes. Meanwhile, may I recommend a close study of Romans 1-3 for all interested parties? I'm not saying right now that those chapters demonstrate any particular point (though I will tomorrow), only that they are directly relevant to the matter at hand. I know you have finals Monday. So I will lay out my post tomorrow as if y'all haven't had time to refresh your memory of those sections.

Thank you all; you are wonderful. You know you like me, even if you have hidden it very deep down because you find me annoying as heck. ;) Sometimes I find you annoying too, no doubt, but I like you anyway.  ¶ 7:40 PM