well! Miss one day, and see what happens!

Jerry began this thread with lil' ol' me as an example:
" Friends of mine like Bill D have a strong faith, and is an Atheist. I don't consider that an oxymoron."....

you know, I don't believe I have ever described myself in speech or in print as an "atheist"....not that it isn't true, but I just don't like associating my ramblings with a very 'loaded' word which gets me lumped in with hateful people like Madeline Murry O'Hair.

I am still reading and digesting the posts here, and will have some thoughts when I have a bit more time.

It is fascinating, because I JUST discovered in a box an old book that I have had for 35 years, "The Faith of a Heretic" by the philosopher Walter Kaufmann. It was one of the most influential books of my life. (I'll say a bit more about it later...)

*off to think*