Speaking of Sora… she recently wrote… And in just a few weeks I should be spinning the first greens from my garden. Beets and chard are up.

Now, tell me, what is chard? I was under the impression it was a rather unique nickname I gained in my history…

While I am inclinded to agree with Matt and Sora (I just see myself, perhaps, being more lenient with exceptions) in the great birth control debate, I think barlow made an excellent (though not specific or isolated to this topic) point in comment 16 of this post:

I do personally think that there is something good in the approach that takes into account character in the gaining of knowledge. That excellence in reasoning, moral and otherwise, comes about by training and attuning the ear and gaining the right kinds of instincts seems right to me. In other words, having the right method is good, but it really needs to be in the hands of the right kind of reasoner as well because there is an excellence that can be cultivated in the use of intellectual tools.

In other words, we have to submit ourselves to the Bible, and let it teach us how to even think. Then, when our very pattens of thought are in conformity to God’s standards, we can begin to seek answers to the questions we have. Believing is seeing.