THE FORWARD
     SOME OF MY FRIENDS WHO HAVE HELPED, NO, NOT JUST HELPED, BUT
PLAIN DID THE EDITING OF THIS PAPER, HAVE SAID: "SOMETIMES YOU EXPLAIN
THINGS REALLY WELL ON SOME OF THESE TOPICS, AND OTHER TOPICS YOU
JUST RUSH THROUGH WITH HARDLY ANY EXPLANATIONS AT ALL."  TO THOSE
FRIENDS I SAY, "YOU ARE RIGHT.  THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE."  HOWEVER, I
AM NOT TRYING TO LAY DOWN THE TENETS OR THE DOCTRINE OF A NEW
RELIGION.  THESE ARE MY IDEAS; I HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET THEM
AND I DO NOT KNOW THAT I WANT TO GIVE THEM AWAY TOO EASILY.  I WANT
PEOPLE TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT MY MISUNDERSTANDINGS.  RECEIVED
KNOWLEDGE IS WORTHLESS; CONSIDERED KNOWLEDGE IS VERY VALUABLE
TO THE PERSON WHO HAS CONSIDERED IT.
     I WILL GLADLY DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU, IF YOU HAVE READ THIS WHOLE
THING, BUT NOT JUST THE PART OR PARTS YOU THINK ARE INTERESTING.  I
WANT THE READER TO HAVE TO DO SOME WORK TOO.  MAYBE EVEN THINK
ABOUT WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND WHY.  I HAD TO DO THAT KIND OF WORK TO
WRITE THIS.  THIS SEEMS FAIR TO ME, BESIDES THE REWARDS ARE FAR
GREATER THAN ANY OF THE WORK DONE.  
      I THINK THIS WORK WILL CREATE AN GENERAL PICTURE OF MY
MISUNDERSTANDINGS, AT LEAST IN MY OWN HUMBLE OPINION.  SEE IF YOU
CAN FIND ANY INTERNAL INCONSISTENCIES, OR IS THIS WORK WHOLE AND
COMPLETE.  I CAN'T TELL.  I AM BIASED.  I AM TOO CLOSE TO MY OWN
MISUNDERSTANDINGS TO TELL.  HOWEVER, I ALWAYS REMEMBER THESE ARE
JUST MY CURRENT MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
     THE REALLY IRONIC AND FUNNY THING ABOUT THIS TREATISE IS THAT 
MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN ABOUT FILLING A VOID.  I CREATED THE VOID, AND
NOW I ALLOW THAT VOID TO BE FILLED BY GOD.  ALSO, WHEN I FIRST
STARTED THIS SPIRITUAL TRIP, I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO USE FOR GOD; NOW
GOD SEEMS TO HAVE A USE FOR ME.