God does not play dice with men

"God does not play dice with men," Albert Einstein said.

"But men try to play dice with God," replies Ray.

"Ouch," says I.

It all comes down to one word, doesn't it? DESTINY. Bringer of hope and despair; "simultaneously the source of mankind's greatest strength, and its greatest weakness".
(Okay, the Architect was talking about hope there, not destiny, but it applies all the same, doesn't it?)

Still, the question remains.

Is destiny created or predetermined? Does it lead or is it led? Is it one path or many? Is it God-given or Man's choosing?

We say "Thank God..." when something fortuitous happens, but how much of that fortune is our doing, and how much is God's? Could it be both? Or neither (pure chance)?

Hmm...

I believe God guides, but it's down to us humans to ultimately create our own destiny. That's what I call free will.

But I'm still gonna say "Thank God", though. Guidance is important.

"Everything begins with choice," says Morpheus.

"Aye," says I. "Show me the options."

p.s. JPA results are out in three days, I'm five hundred bucks richer courtesy of the Sarawakian government, my scholarship forms from Sewanee are overdue, and I just made a possibly momentous decision, so pardon my ambivalence...