I have come to believe there are scientifically accurate facts, that one plus one equals two, that protons and electrons are real, that the universe has content and an organization that can be described. These may not be true, but I choose to believe they are. And I have learned that men can hold futile and contrary beliefs with equal fervor. But I choose to disbelieve that my view of these or any other notions alters the facts.

However it came about, over the years I reached the conclusion that all arenas of thought must ultimately be compatible. My grade and high school education were not scientific and I fell under the influence of conservative Christian teachings. In college I studied technology, with a smattering of philosophy, and arrived at the notion the purpose of each life is to seek happiness, however it may be defined by that individual. But scientific teachings and church teachings clashed and I was forced to accept that interpretations based on what I could experience and observe with my own senses must of necessity be true.

Beyond that I could not go, and for years I abandoned pursuit of the common thread in all arenas of thought. In time I reached a solid position on religion. From that vantage point I have been able to pursue whatever arenas of thought struck my fancy. And I have learned to examine life, history, faith, and science, through the eyes of a fact-seeker who searches for understanding of the world along with a unified view of all things.

Unfortunately, the Christian church in which I was nurtured is so bound by traditions no longer compatible with acknowledged fact that it has lost much of its credibility. For years I sought to reconcile the Conservatism of my church with the world of science as I recognized it; and I enjoyed some success, as this web site shows. But my attention was turned to other, more prosaic, arenas of life. The Table of Contents will give you an idea of the breadth of my inquiries; pursuit will reveal the resultant personal understandings and attitudes as well as my interpretation of philosophy and of the real world.

While I am forever amazed -- and perplexed -- at the number of avenues where society has pursued less-than-optimum directions, there is a common theme in my cogitations: There are truths that simply are. Some feel their beliefs create truth for them; but I must insist there is a real truth, what is.

There are some who believe there is an all-pervasive intelligence Who was an agent in creating our planet and the life on it. There are others who believe otherwise. But belief in God does not create God, nor does denial of God disprove God. What is, simply put, is. What we choose to believe in no way influences what is. My quest has been to learn and understand what is.

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This web site includes three titles on the results of my studies in science vs church Conservatism:

• Science and the Bible's creation story
• The Red Sea Incident: (Israelite escape from Egyptians)
• Noah's Flood: Does Science Deny It Happened