Monday, January 16, 2006  The sun, the moon and the stars  I am
an agnostic. In fact, as our Subaru wagon's bumper sticker
attests, I am a "militant agnostic". That is, I don't know and
you don't either.  What do I mean by this and why would I stick
my hand into such a bee's nest?  First, I am an agnostic:
perhaps God/some omniscient all-powerful being exists out there
somewhere (or everywhere), perhaps not. I just don't know. I
have no personal experience that this is the case, no convincing
proof, and no faith.  Second, I am a militant agnostic, because
not only do I not know about the existence/non-existence of God,
but I also am convinced that no one else knows either. You might
believe, you might have faith, but that is different from
knowledge.  And now...why would I get into this highly
contentious issue? Because I actually took some time to read a
little bit of the Torah/Old Testament the other day. This is not
something that I usually do. In fact, it is likely something
that I will do only when I am