[ExI] [Extropolis] Religion

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On Sat, 10 Aug 2024, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 9, 2024, 5:11 PM Will Steinberg via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>       Re: that, this site is an incredible I Ching reference: https://jamesdekorne.com/GBCh/GBCh.htm
> 
> 
> This confirms my impression of I Ching as something like tarot: a bunch of broadly applicable statements that one is expected to
> apply to one's own situation, without considering how most - probably all - of the others could also apply, had one (or however many
> you drew) of them been randomly selected instead.
> 
> In other words, the predictive value of drawing one versus another is zero.  They can, however, be useful as mental focusing aids for
> considering one's situation.
>

This is my view of iching, dreams and tarot. Kind of creative writing 
aids. But they inspire you to come up with things, as you yourself, use 
its input to come up with things. Could be a deck of playing cards, role 
playing etc.