>>I did believe in I Ching (or, closer, Yi Jing) but not really what it says - which is murky and symbolic anyway. I found out that the sentences you get, no matter how random, are good triggers for my own mind to unleash some dormant ideas, views etc, while thinking about the question at hand. So, IMO, it does work - by letting your own mind do the work.
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>Unfortunately, those I knew back then didn't see it the same way. They felt they could interpret correctly the hexagrams they generated, and lived that day according to the dictates of the morning's hexagram. It was their Bible - read it, interpret it 'correctly', live it. Of course, they used coins instead of the proper yarrow stalks, so what did they really know.

It seems to be one of those amazing things that work even if you do believe in them :).

>>Not the only responsibility shaken off. For unbelievers, there's "you'll have to live with it", and there's no "but {insert a deity here} will absolve you". Free will means responsibility. There are no excuses like "but God is on our side, no way we can be wrong".
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>That last line reminded me of one of my biggest problems with God. He spends entirely too much time deciding the outcomes of football and basketball games for my liking.

PR, my friend. No matter how the divine coin falls, the fans of both sides will call his name. About "calling one's name"... in a separate rant thread.