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Originally Posted by dr. mabuse
Don't mind me. After being an atheist ( and a good one at that ) almost all of my life and now in the other camp, I have to smile when I see old, familiar arguments that I used to use. No worries. As a portfolio manager, you or your client have to understand faith. Right?  |
dr. mabuse, this post and your other ones made me smile. There is no such thing as coincidence. What, where and how we were bring good use to be His instruments here and now. John Newton put it better than I can:
"I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am."
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Originally Posted by Richard
My 'blanket' opinion - the result of personal study, experience, observation, and reason - have led me to most appreciate the logic behind the idea of 'the laws of nature and nature's god'
However - YMMV - and so it goes... 
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Touché Richard Sir, you follow the path Einstein took since he was 12.
I've long subscribed to the "fact" that perception is indeed reality and man is subjective creature. We ultimately choose (and selectively collects those that support our choice), and it is definitely a matter of faith. Even when one dissects science to its raw constituents, faith is abound there too. Having said that, I believe (there's the faith again) that we are accountable for our choices. Whether one of us or both of us are wrong, we will surely find out. As you wrote "YMMV - and so it goes." No disagreement here.
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