I'm a golf nut. Retired and playing 5 times a week. About 200 rounds last year--not bad for someone playing 100% of his rounds in New Jersey. But despite all the action, I still manage to play to a handicap in the high teens.
I write lots of letters to the editor and op ed pieces. I've had a letter published in The New York Times--and I was lucky enough a few years back to get a full page My Turn article in Newsweek. I've had hundreds of letters published in local newspapers--and have had tens of dozens of op ed essays and guest columns published also.
I also do crossword puzzles, much to my wife's dismay at night. I do at least one NY Times Sunday sized puzzle every day. (In pencil, with lots of erasures.)
I have become an agnostic activist because I truly think the world would be a better place if we all acknowledged our agnosticism. I believe, if you will excuse that seemingly incongruous expression, that everyone is an agnostic. It's just that we agnostics come in two categories--those who acknowledge that we don't know the answers to unanswerable questions; and those who pretend to know. That latter category includes the theists and the atheists (two sides of one coin)--both of whom suppose they know the answers to those unanswerable questions.
Thu 4 Dec, 2025 07:19 am - Spectacular article by Thomas Friedman in today's NY Times. Probably behind a paywall, but if you have a Times subscription, give it a read.
If anyone knows how to post a link that will... (view)
Sat 29 Nov, 2025 11:23 am - [quote="izzythepush"]
He just wants to sneer at people for not being as smart as he thinks he is.
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Yup. Does seem that way.
These types usually: If they were twice as... (view)
Sat 29 Nov, 2025 10:37 am - [quote="izzythepush"]
That's what really brightens up your day, some self-centred pseudo intellectual gobshite deciding what you are.
I believe in free will, you can call... (view)
Fri 28 Nov, 2025 05:35 am - [quote="Clinton Borror"]
I think "atheist has a pretty commonly understood, but vaguely understood meaning, which is a lack of belief in Gods. The question is, what is a God? I... (view)
Fri 28 Nov, 2025 05:27 am - [quote="Clinton Borror"]
I will briefly prove that God's existence is impossible:
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You might consider commenting on the matter I just mentioned to ekename. (view)
Fri 28 Nov, 2025 05:23 am - [quote="ekename"]
While frank's lecture on syllogism is as risible as 'christ, i don't believe or not believe' posture.
If you think that way try providing... (view)
Fri 28 Nov, 2025 05:08 am - [quote="izzythepush"]
You know how I feel about evangelicals. egotistic arseholes the lot of 'em, whether they're evangelical Christians, Atheists or whatever.
They're... (view)
Thu 27 Nov, 2025 09:35 am - [quote="ekename"]
[quote]In which case, enjoy your life. It must be a great one.[/quote]
Thank you.
What a delight it must be in your dotage to eschew the substance of the topic... (view)
Thu 27 Nov, 2025 06:49 am - [quote="ekename"]
[b][size=200]God's existence is impossible and not emphasizing that harms society[/size][/b]
Your litany of impossible attributes and abilities does not... (view)
Wed 26 Nov, 2025 01:25 pm - [quote="Clinton Borror"]
I will briefly prove that God's existence is impossible: God has a great many impossible traits. Examples are telepathy, thoughts existing outside of a... (view)