Brian Iverson
@bdeye51
Active 4 years, 11 months ago-
Davis replied to the topic "If you can prove God exists, I'll resign" in the forum Atheism 7 years, 9 months ago
@Earle
Let’s go along with this purpose behind something that just wouldn’t happen to emerge:
The planet is hospitable and the ideal conditions are met. It was likely created. Except of course that the Earth is not particularly hospitable. Multiple ice ages, meteor impacts, near wipe out of all life and the threat of it happening again. Natural…[Read more]
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Davis replied to the topic Maybe We ARE Alone And Always Will Be in the forum Science 7 years, 9 months ago
Wait but why offers an excelent overview of common possible answers to the Fermi paradox, and it is also entertaining and insightful as all of his posts are on the site (I belive FronkeyFarmer is a fan of WaitbutWhy)
If you want to get deep into the Paradox, this book is phenomenal (though I…[Read more]
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Brian Iverson posted an update 8 years, 9 months ago
My contributions have seriously lagged. Retirement has been less reflection and more scrambling with family and life. But that has suddenly changed. Diagnosed with MDS – myelodysplastic syndrome with multilineage dysplasia. WTF! W/o treatment 3 years to live. With treatment maybe longer. With a bone marrow stem cell transplant if treatment…[Read more]
So sorry for the bad turn Brian. I just retired a year ago, and about the only thing I fear is getting a sudden illness like the path you are going. My siblings (all 6 of ’em) are hard core atheists, so I wouldn’t have to put up with the baloney of “I’ll pray for you.” If I were to hear that from someone, I hope I’d reply with something like…[Read more]
Yeah, I did not plan for the unexpected when I retired. My three younger siblings – sisters – I love and want in my life so I ignore their religious platitudes. And my daughter and wife are atheists and maybe my son. So I have some good support. Just wish I had talked more with my niece and nephews about my beliefs.
Thank you for the text.