2006-06-23 04:40:38 · 15 answers · asked by itsme! 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
OK smartass, do you believe in fate OR destiny.
2006-06-23 04:43:25 · update #1
While it is true that biological and early childhood experiences can do much to shape one's future, the best way to known one's future to take a good look at one's past and one's present. Those things you take forgranted, habits in your behavior and your thinking, openess or lack of openess to new ways of thinking and doing things....these are the things that shape your "fate" and/or "destiny".
So, I would have to say no, if you mean by these terms fate as something predetermined by some supernatural agency beyond my control. On the other hand, I would say yes, if you mean those things that I am unwilling to examine and change for the better within myself. This argument, however, fails to acknowledge the things beyond one's control: for example, if you're born into an impoverished family with poor nutrition, no access to education or to financial gain, and in a country that is torn by war... then the field of choices available to you may be greatly limited. A choice that is impossible or greatly limited in your environment is not really a choice then. Nonetheless, even within a limited field of choice, there are some choices that are better than others, if you can just see them and make them and make the best of whatever life you have. Therefore, the power is always with you to change the course of your life even if only slightly...so the final answer is No, I don't believe in fate or destiny.
2006-06-23 04:59:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I actually belive in both. I also believe there is a parallel between them. Here are the definitions:
1 Destiny, Fate - an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
2 Destiny, Fate - the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny"
2006-06-23 04:49:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe in fate or destiny then you are just along for the ride. You have free will for gods sake, so use it! If you were standing in the middle of the street and someone shouted that a bus was coming right for you and someone else shouted that it was your destiny to get hit by that bus, what would you do? I'd rather exercise a little free will and get the hell out of the way and destiny be damned.
2016-03-27 02:02:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fate and destiny are not the same thing.
2006-06-23 04:42:03 · answer #4 · answered by Maldives 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a balance between fate/destiny and determinism.
2006-06-23 04:43:26 · answer #5 · answered by jmmevolve 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fate or destiny? yes one of the two
2006-06-23 04:44:22 · answer #6 · answered by Jack Kerouac 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course I believe in Destiny. That's my daughter!!
2006-06-23 04:47:41 · answer #7 · answered by jthoms9800 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if you have fate, destiny will follow.
2006-06-23 04:44:59 · answer #8 · answered by manny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that some things will happen regardless of our actions to try and change it... but there are certain things that are dependent on the way we tackle things. For example, you will lose your job if you CHOOSE to not do anything. It has nothing to do with fate.
2006-06-23 04:45:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that god has planned our lives out for us. Everyday is different. There may be good days and bad days, and sometimes the worst of days. Our lives is like a test that god has given us. Even though life may seem tough at times and we have to go through many obsticles, we just have to live it day by day. The only way we fail that test is if we give up or commit suicide. That's just my theory.
2006-06-23 04:45:55 · answer #10 · answered by Tommy L.C. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋