Back again after a shorter absence than the last one. I like to look forward rather than back, so I rarely worry about reasons to believe or disbelieve and am not interested in arguing with theists about it. I am more interested in the world we share and in positive steps that we can take to make it better. I'm also uninterested--bored to death, really--in philosophic abstractions that son't seem to bear on the real world or on real problems or solutions. For better or worse, I'm a simple man, and am happy to sty that way.