It's been a long time...

I used to have an extensively introspective blog at WindowsLive. By that, I mean almost everything I wrote involved questioning my thoughts & opinions, or trying to suss out where they came from. It didn't get a lot of hits; controversy generates traffic faster than self-indulgence. But I had a few regular readers who kept bringing up subjects that I wanted to write about. I think it ended up being both productive and fun.

I liked that blog.

But eventually, my writing efforts began to move towards the blogs of other folks. I somehow found my way to Ray Comfort's blog, where a group of his critics joined forces to create a blog dedicated to that criticism. That, in turn, resulted in a forum where I've been writing and posting to frequently for the last 2 years.

I love that forum, and I care for many of the people who post to it.

But now I find myself wanting to get back to the self-indulgence a bit, and that's what this blog will be about. I value introspection, but I consider intellectual honesty to be a component of introspection that is both under-valued and misunderstood. It's not simply "being honest"; it involves the willingness to write/speak with authority only on things you understand, and to admit when your understanding is limited

Which ends up being nearly "all the freakin' time".

With that in mind, welcome!