Your choice. I have continually stated that I question things. I question some of the biases and political undertones of the climate change group. I have stated that I do accept that there is some warming, just not sure I fully agree with "some" of the findings. I mostly question those who are politicizing this issue. You continue to take that questioning as denial or total disbelief of things. I have clearly stated my position several times. You continue to take my questioning as total denial of any data taken. You have taken it upon yourself to refute anything I post that questions the established climate theories. You also seemed to take my questioning and posting of articles that point in a different way as established belief as I accept everything they say as absolute. I am not an absolute person, but one who enjoys questioning established belief. I love looking into Bigfoot, but doubt it exists. It is fun to question things like that for me. Climate change is just like Bigfoot to me. There is good reason why nothing has been found, but I love to watch and read about people who are looking.Bootstrap wrote: This is your forum, and if you feel like that, it's time for me to go. Blessings to you, and if you want to talk to me at any time, you know where to find me. I will not be posting on MennNet.com unless you and I restore our relationship and you invite me back.
Climate change is the same. I love to look at the opposing view. I found long ago that this is where you find the real challenges to established scientific principles and where the most growth comes from.
You also have decided that I am uneducated and ignorant of things. You also assume I just read the fringe. You also assume I only watch Fox News. None of these things are true, but I feel no need to prove how smart and knowledgeable I am. I do not float my credentials or knowledge base. I see no benefit in it. It has little bearing on the questions I like to ask. While I do not know everything, I can put 1 + 1 together to make 2, 10, and 11 as needed. Yes, I know the latter two might seem wrong, but they are actually not. 1 + 1 in binary is 10. 1 with another 1 right next to it is 11. One is real, the latter a joke. Both are just as much fun for me, but also proves the point that raw data can be easily manipulated or misunderstood.
You are welcome to post or leave. I never viewed MN as mine. I post very little now a days. It belongs to the people who post. I just take out the trash and sweep up as needed. I have accepted of late that I can not really discuss much with you because our brains work so differently. I have run into others in life like that. I learned I have to just stop talking. I also know half of the issue is me. For whatever reason, my brain does not work like normal humans. I have some great things about it, but also have some issues that get in my way often. I think about my father that just passed away. I find, although more tempered in ways, I have some of his traits. At 80, he almost got into a fight with some man who would not take his hat off during the national anthem at a baseball game. My 13 year old nephew had to pull him back. While that issue is not important to me and I would never start a physical altercation, I find I can be quite stubborn. As I said, half of the issues I have with others is me.
So I will not be carrying on dialogue with you as I do others. It always degrades. I feel you always take things I question marginally and make it an absolute. It takes what I say and think out of context. I also just love to question. I spend hours a day watching documentaries and reading. I do have formal education. but found it teaches me little about the real world. I enjoy learning on my own. Sure, it leaves holes and I may take things wrong or not see the whole picture, but I seldom leave the house. It is not really affecting national policy. So it is of little importance, because what I think is of little importance. It really doesn't matter if I totally disagree with science "fact" or theory. None of my deluded beliefs or acceptance of well established scientific principles fixes supper for the three boys I care for daily. So they are just fun thought experiments for me. I see little harm with questioning. I don't even write elected officials swaying their votes. I do nothing with it other than question. I do not see why that is so wrong or why you have decided it has become your personal mission to prove me wrong.
I have stated all this before. I apologized for the snarky post I started all this with, yet again, I feel that was forgotten and ignored. Then, once again, anything I posted was taken to the extreme and you went back on the attack again. Since this is how we seem to communicate, I decided I should not respond. It takes me towards how my father responds to a dude wearing a cap.
So you post your stuff, I will post mine. I will not talk towards you. I will continue to post here because it is one of the last links I have here to stay active. I do not want to do as Hans and be gone, yet still run things. So I find my little corners and sit only to come out when called. I am angry and bitter, and getting into discussions in areas of Anabaptist theology and life will not come out well. This is why I stay in my little corners.
So get off my back and ignore me. You do not need my friendship. Enjoy your life. Share what you want to share. I will share what I want to share. Either that, or someone else is welcome to take all this and I will drift away to never be heard from again.