Introduction

I spent a good six months or so earlier this year and late last year blogging, and then suddenly dropped it this April when I went on a vacation. I've been so busy - or at least I've felt so busy - since then that I've not made time to write down my thoughts or study the Bible as I want to. This blog represents an attempt to return to my writing, with a subject that I've always desired to organize my thoughts about: what I believe, and why.

Many of you who know me are aware that I think a lot, and have many strong opinions. I often come up with new ideas or opinions quickly when confronted with current events or someone else's statements - sometimes too hastily, I will admit. Many of those things which I think and then express aren't truly beliefs, though: they are fleeting ideas, visceral responses, and far too often judgmental out-lashings which I would not stick to if I really thought about them in-depth. Those belong in another of my long-lost blogs (Earth to William), but here I wish to focus on things I don't just think but believe. Truths that have gone through the ringer and come out the other side intact. I won't say that all of these are guaranteed 100% right, as I am a fallible human just like everyone else, but these are what I believe in my core.

I hope to explain why I believe them as best as I can too, but whether I succeed there is for you to judge...