William Peter Shantz

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Science
Occupation Retired
Location Ontario, Canada
Introduction I live as an old and severely 'politically-incorrect' man who smokes cigars. Although raised as a Christian, I now have faith in my Wife and her children by/with me (and the future they provide) rather than God (and the past). Further, regarding God, I have figured out, to my own satisfaction, that the God (function) of Genesis 1 is entirely REAL but God has NEVER EXISTED as a free-standing independent entity. The latter is an ILLUSION (ie, something that is different than it seems/appears to be). God depends on and is provided for by the universe (i.e., "the heaven and the earth") rather than vice versa as touted by religious authorities. Finally, being an old man, I take refuge in the stance: "I am wrong". My e-mail address is opim.cs@gmail.com. If any reader would like to edit/co-author an article or book based on the ideas of this blog, please let me know.
Favorite Movies "Into the Night", "Four Rooms", "All That Jazz", "Montenegro", "The 'Sunset Limited", "The Cabin Movie", "Tempest"-modern re-write with John Cassavetes, The Red Violin, Brooklyn, Remember, You-Me-Her
Favorite Music Verdi's "Requiem", Bach's "Brandenburg Concertos", Jazz, Blues
Favorite Books Saramago's "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ", Books by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Tom Wolfe, Tom Robbins, Jonathan Franzen, Edward Rutherfurd, "Physics and Philosophy" by Werner Heisenberg, "Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist (Volume VII in The Library of Living Philosophers"