proper view of God an “epistemology of Gethsemane” which is to say, “not my will but Thy Will.” opportunity the conference’s First Plenary Session on Thursday morning, Professor Paul Draper, Florida International University delivered a paper entitled “Seeking but not Believing: Confessions of a Practicing Agnostic.” “I’ve got to warn you guys,” Draper had told us shortly ahead of time, “the paper I’m about to give will appeal greatly to the theists.” Draper did not disappoint. Before his talk began, he asked everyone to pray for Brian Leftow, who had been scheduled to deliver a paper but was too ill to attend the conference. In his presentation, Draper squabbled that he was a fence sitter because the verification both for and against naturalism and faith acted together upon a religion was evenly divided. Draper used the analogy of red and blue jelly beans to illustrate the evidence that came to bear on the problem of naturalism versus faith collaborated upon a religion. A red bean symbolized a piece of confirmation in favor of naturalism while a blue bean represented an argument that seemed to weigh in favor of faith intermingled upon a religion. With a total of five red beans and five blue beans, Draper was undecided about the issue and remarked that he needed more time to weigh all of the arguments. “I’m waiting, indeed hoping, to be pulled over to one side,” he confessed. Draper’s honesty seemed to set the right tone for the conference. While both theists and atheists alike would fervently disagree, everyone had the utmost respect for opposing points of view. During the break, Phil Fernandez, an evangelical Christian minister who described himself as coming from the Van Tillman school of thought, recognized Jeff and walked up to say hello.