You can't please everyone, it seems. On occasion, I'll have a person write me, saying "You are going to an awful lot of trouble to write about something you say you don't believe in." They then carry on to tell me that I'm fighting a losing battle against the sure certain feeling the God really exists and is, well, tugging at my heart strings, I guess. Who knows? Of course, I can't be sure, but I'd be willing to bet that if I had only a few of my essays posted on my page, I'd hear "You must not have many points to make against religion." I'll tell you what I think about all of this. These are ad hominem arguments. They ignore the content of what I say and try to make my personality the issue in discussions. Well, if you're contemplating that sort of tack, I suggest you forget it. It won't wash, and never has in serious discussions. Okay, so I write a lot. I enjoy the process of writing, though I apparently don't write well enough to sell much of my stuff. Oh well. Them's the breaks, as they say. Here's the thing. It seems to me that life is a pretty complex thing. There are LOTS of possible subjects to think about, and for each subject, there are often a myriad of ways to look at them. You may notice that my sections on the main religion page are arranged in chronological order. For any who find me fascinating enough (and I don't really know why anyone would, but it has happened), you can actually trace the changes in my opinions and knowledge through the years I've been thinking and writing. I guess this makes my page something similar to a blog. Hmmmm. That makes me think.... {;-) At any rate, I write because I enjoy it, and the Internet gives me a chance to broadcast my ideas to the world for a mere pittance, without having to muck around with publishers who are primarily interested in making money. Oh sure, my scribbles aren't the sort of quality you would hope to find in The New Yorker, but on the up side, you don't have to pay for them (unless you're determined to... I won't stop anyone like that) and you can walk away any time you want. Fair enough?