But it won't come easy. The past few weeks have led me to new insights, or brought what was cowardly buried to my attention. What one wants refined has to go through the fire. And until that happens, never let me rest.

That said, 2 weeks of school have swung past. Modules are fine, interesting, and truth be told, as in the case of Evolution And Comparative Genomics, thought-provoking. Granted, as Christians we are Creationists by default. Less than 2 weeks into the module and I'd that inference thrown into my face twice. Once by my TA who said in jest during a field trip, "So, any creationists in our midst? Ah, Yvonne, you right?" I replied with a wry smile, caught off-guard at being suddenly singled out for my faith. The 2nd encounter was with a fellow coursemate who raised her eyebrows in near disbelief upon learning that I'd enrolled for the module, saying, "But you Christian right? I thought Christians cannot believe in Evolution one?".

"Well, that doesn't mean I can't learn about it..."

Like I shared with my BS group, I have my apprehensions about taking up the module. What if the arguments tear apart all that make sense to me? Do I have that maturity to take on this "scandalous" topic? The disagreements between Evolutionists and Creationists are by no means easy to swallow, nor reconciled. And to my best knowledge, both parties have (and still do) twist and interpret information to their own biases, deceptions occuring whether by good intentions or not. But the whole point of why I chose to take up this module is simply because it's time I learnt what Evolution is really all about, instead of making vague references to the little snippets of whatever knowledge I possess each time the subject is brought up. It's especially embarrassing if as a biology student, I'm unable to explain to the layman what evolution involves. That, and it's going to be really stupid to maintain one's stand with little idea of what's going on in the other camp. It would of course, defeat the purpose of taking this module if I were to march into every lecture and mentally strike down every word the lecturer says. Men from monkeys? Blasphemy! You will pay for this!!! Arrrrr... Well, you get the idea. I don't do that. Granted, I won't be able to examine every aspect there is to evolution within these 3 months, and I'm not expecting answers that would put an end to certain questions.

As far as things have progressed for now, simply defined, evolution is a study of change over a period of time. That brought to mind what someone said to her son recently: Everything changes. You change. I change. My heart nearly bled for that person at that statement.