Here is the link:http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Myth-of-LOST/34096821137

Thanks for removing the tag from your post. No worries.

I could go all biblical on this subject by pointing out that God is the only individual that is privy to knowledge of the future, and he created us with free will, thus further indicating that free will trumps destiny, but this is not the place for such a discussion. If you are game, my email address is easy to figure out, as I make constant use of my username in everything and am a huge fan of google.

P.S. I will gladly fix the Donovan post. I didn’t know that tag was exclusive. My apologies.

“I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”

I actually agree with that statement. From who’s perspective is the chance happening? If whatever happened, happened, but you don’t know what happened, then it appears to be chance from your point of view. A programmer knows the way a video game can go, but the video game character doesn’t.

I’m guessing that’s your point (and please correct me if I missed it) but I actually interpret this passage a bit differently. I think it says that not all good people who work hard will be rewarded even if they deserve to be. That there is an unpredictability to life. Again, I agree. But viewing it from the big picture, I would say that it’s already fated as to whether the strong will win that battle or the swift will win a race, but it’s all chance to them.

BTW, completely unrelated, but would you mind removing the “Lost in Myth” tag from your last column (the Donovan one)? I use it to put all the “Lost in Myth” columns under one heading. If you click on it, you’ll see that they are all there. Feel free to use “Lost Mythos” or “mythology” or whatever else, but that tag was created just for the columns. Thanks.