[split] a discussion on origins sparked by "The Order of Things"

[Mark A Becker]

Sceptical of what?

Note that I said too skeptical. I always question things, and that's the reason I got kicked out of Catholic school by the time I was 12.

I only accept things that can be proven to me in objective reality.  Was this whole 9:28 business prodding me toward a belief in a personal God?  I sorta wish I could accept that it was, but I just can't get my mind to embrace that conclusion. 

I can be hooked by the subjective lure of "magical thinking", and a lot of it occurs when I'm playing music. Likewise when I'm out and about on a beautiful day, just fishing. Or working on a poem.  Or comtemplating the personal meaning of things like "9:28".  The highly subjective inner workings of my mind do add color to the world for me. 

All of that said, I am fascinated by, and really do enjoy interesting coincidences.