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I'm a retired life insurance actuary with a wife of 39 years.I've never been paid for writing, but some family members and classmates appreciated my travel journals. I try to be witty, if not humorous. I took a writing course in Albany, New York about 10 years ago.

I've been running (currently loping) since I was 15 and am approaching 50,000 miles lifetime. I also like math and math books (Ihave 136), particularly non-technical by authors like William Dunham, Ray Nahin, and Amir Aczel.

Most of my reading is non-fiction: math, history,and politics. I have a special interest in the solvency of Social Security. I rarely read non-fiction. (Question to daughter: How can you read so much fiction when there's so much great non-fiction available? Answer from daughter: How can YOU read so much no much non-fiction when there's so much great fiction available?)

My major philosophical concern is the equitable distribution of income in a capitalist democratic society. A consumer economy functions most efficiently if there is widespread purchasing power. Absent effective government regulation, money has a tendency to run uphill.

Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Should we believe the concept of the Trinity

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The core belief of Christianity is the Incarnation: Jesus Christ is equal to the God of Genesis, the creator and maintainer of all things. I don't think any other religion makes a comparable claim. Judaism so reveres God that it was reluctant to say his name. Islam believes that God is so great that artistic representation of a created thing is irreverent. The ancient Greeks, before monotheism, believed in a multiplicity of gods who interacted with humans. The doctrine of the Trinity took hundreds of years to develop. Its major opponent was Arianism, which held that Jesus was God, but less...

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