Contacting Me
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I hope you enjoy reading some of my thoughts and ideas. I’m still learning, still seeking. Although I do not know where my journey will take me, I’m not “lost” in the sense that I don’t know where I am. I know exactly where I am and where I stand on many ideas and issues. That I am learning and seeking means only that I enjoy exploring the world and universe.
I make no claims to have mastered anything. I might claim to be less ignorant than some people about some ideas and topics, but a master I’m not. I believe nobody has mastered all the facts and all there is to know, and that everybody has something to contribute. Humans live in a mighty big universe. Thoughtful observation demonstrates that the universe is not more complex than we know, but is more complex than we can know. Nobody has yet proven to me that anybody has gotten things just right. Including me—I’m just a front porch philosopher. If I have discovered anything in my journey I have recognized that the more I learn the more I realize how little I know; but refusing to open my eyes never will benefit me.
All of my writings tend to explain what I believe. As you might discern from my writings, for much of my life I have been a contrarian. Sometimes in practice, sometimes just in thought. Yes, sometimes that perspective creates some excitement, often unwanted. Nobody I know ever claimed that life was without challenges.
If you try to contact me I ask that you write without malice and threat. I enjoy rational discussions, but if you choose to write with venom and vindictiveness, I probably will not respond. Life is too short to start or continue another battle or war, and there are plenty of people who seem to already relish that role. Additionally, if you have read my writings, then you know my goal is to promote peaceful coexistence using persuasion and cooperation, not force, coercion, and the threat of violence. I don’t mind if you disagree with me, but if we both abide by the principle of peaceful coexistence, then our discussions should be enjoyable.
This web site is a personal web site, meaning a labor of love. As a self-determining creature of free will you are free to agree or disagree with me. Of course, as a creature of free will and limited knowledge, I am free to change or adjust my beliefs. Indeed, the journey of life is mostly a process of continuing change and adaptation.
Because this web site is a personal venture, I cannot guarantee how quickly I might respond. I likely will try to respond to all reasonable and rational people, but like you I’m a creature with only 24 hours in a day.
Please do not send me an attachment I did not ask for or did not agree to you sending, otherwise I likely will not respond to your message. Large unannounced attachments irritate me.
I tend to treat people as rational and reasonable adults unless you prove otherwise. As a warning, I notice that many people tend to prove otherwise when using the various communication mediums of the Internet. The lack of a face-to-face contact tends to bring out the worst immaturity in some people. I agree that you might disagree with me, but I will not force my subjective beliefs down your throat. Despite our differences, I choose to live a quiet and peaceable life. I hope you can you claim the same.
Lastly, before writing to me, please be sure you understand my meanings and definitions of many of the words I use.
I provide no direct hyperlink for your email client on this page because the address eventually will be harvested by scum-of-the-earth spammers. To contact me please use the link below. You’ll be asked for a user name and password. Don’t worry, the information will be provided to you. If your browser uses a poorly designed login prompt, the User Name=Visitor and Password=wowmomwow. This is merely a simple way to thwart spiders and spam bots. I apologize for the inconvenience, but I hope you understand the awful problem of spammers.
Thanks for stopping by.
Darrell Anderson
Finis.