unproductive, but fun...

Mmmm, i slept really well last night, and that was good because we were on the move all day today.
First, I called Krystle to try to get her to change her mind about staying back a year at school but no luck. I called Renair this afternoon though and she said she would talk to Krystle and see if she could make any impression on her. I dont know yet how that went. I am hoping it went well but i dont know. Sherry wasnt home when i called but then i remembered she went to church so maybe tomorrow i will get her. Hopefully, if we get through to Krys, she can get everythign sorted out on monday.
We went to look at a used car place to get an idea of the prices and what you could get for any particular range. Then we went to a.a. laquis in gulf city to get a lab coat for my bro but they didnt have this size.
We then went to Valpark to look for some books for school for me but they didnt have any of the books i wanted :-S.
Next, we went to Patraj for lunch. i like having that little saturday custom now. :-) That's the kind of thing you remember in later years.
We went to town and got the new insurance policy for the Sunny so i'm safe to drive again lol.
After that we went onboard the Logos II ship as we had not visited it previously. The Logos II, for those of you may not know, is a ship which is advertised as a large floating book expo full of science and literature etc. That was a bit of a disappointment. It didn't have the kinds of books i was expecting nor the variety. We did get a few books though - I got a little book on card tricks for $15. TT.
The Logos II is also a bit of a floating Christian mission, and when i found out that I was shocked because as i said, I always thought of the ship as being a mecca of science and literature and lets face it, religion and science don't always mix. I actually had a long thought today concerning science and religion but i dont know if i am any closer to a understanding. Lets go through some of the thought patterns i experienced :
- Science and religion cant mix because while science searches for proof and seeks to explain and understand, religion is based on faith without need for proof. But then I thought, that our modern science is a bit based on faith because while we have models for atoms we dont know for sure if thats how they are. The models fit the data we have about atoms and atomic behaviour but in the future new tests might give new data and lead to new models. That is how science moves forward. So we take the electrons-orbiting-the-nucleus model on faith.
- What if there is a God and scientific advances are just gifts from him ? Since I couldnt see a way to either support or refute this I was stuck right there.
Anyway, as I said, Logos II is like this big floating mission and the people serving on board are volunteers who wanted to spread the love of Jesus Christ.
I am Hindu as I said when i was writing my first entry in this blog and I thought about converting when I was growing up, but I remained Hindu largely for two reasons. Hinduism accepts all forms of God as equal. So, whether Krishna or Jesus, to the Hindu they are equally worthy of adoration and therefore all religions are equal. The second thing was that everyone was encouraged to go out and find God for himself and experience God in his own way. I interpreted that to mean that you didnt have to follow the doctrine if you had your own way of honouring God so, someone who prays everyday and someone who doesnt pray but does lots of charity work would both be redeemed when the time came. I couldnt accept that someone could be a great person but because they didnt belong to a certain religion or didnt follow a particular doctrine they could be damned for eternity. And, if God is Infinite, shouldn't he or she really have infinite faces?
So, having said all that, my point is, I accept that Jesus Christ is just as worthy as Ganesh and Hanuman, but at the same time, being preached to is a little uncomfortable for me.
After the ship, we went to Long circular mall where i saw some cute shirts but they didnt have my size!!! Well, they had a size I wear but my dad said it fitted a little too close and the only other size was too big so maybe i should get the shirts at the smaller size ?!
Wow, now that i have listed it out, i realise that a lot of things we wanted to do today didnt get done: Ricky didnt get his labcoat, I didnt get the books or the shirt and Logos II was not all we expected and I wasnt able to sway Krystle.
Hmm, oh well at least today was fun, so I don't consider it a total bust, and it helped me relax before school started back.
But, now due to tiredness, my eyes are getting bleary so I will end here. Peace.