What do you think? Is our destiny Pre-determined or not?
I can't decide...
2006-06-30 06:27:58 · 37 answers · asked by A.Marie 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
thank you to all you uneducated morons that can't read! I didn't ask for the definition of existentialism, and most certainly didn't want to read it more than once. I didn't ask a long question that wasn't worth reading, I asked what you think about it!
2006-06-30 07:18:15 · update #1
Yes, but it is an intruiging question. I think I make my own choices every day but God already knew what choices I was going to make. Even if I try to switch it up God already knew I was going to try and switch it up. You can't fool God, the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End.
2006-06-30 06:31:00 · answer #1 · answered by brianseltz 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, but only in a very general and uninteresting sense. I'm never going to be a nun, or younger, or attractive. (OK, maybe I could become a nun after several operations, including a lobotomy, but the odds are against it.)
You mentioned "existentialism" together with pre-determination. This tempted me to think you meant it in that large way people like Sartre went on about - that we're more or less doomed to live out a life of very few trivial and melancholy options. I suggest this can only be true for Frenchmen of a certain age. Most of us who wanted to ape them found ourselves having too much fun in spite of our determination to be fatalistic.
Even now, at an age where nature's vile humor affects my every physical act, I get an itch to play jokes and otherwise make the next hour different than the last.
2006-06-30 07:23:45 · answer #2 · answered by JAT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some sense it's a meaningless question in that it's probably not "answerable". If determinism is correct, free will and (probably) consciousness are an illusion and we can't do anything about it, and conversely, if we have "free" will, then we can continue to live our lives exactly the same way. The best you can probably hope for is a stronger, more persuasive argument on one side or the other. An existentialist would probably tell you that it's most sensible to withhold judgment about questions that can't be verifiably answered.
2006-06-30 06:32:25 · answer #3 · answered by zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is our destiny pre-determined. What an awesome question. I think that perhaps it is predetermined but since we have free choice then even if our destiny is predtermined it shouldn't make a difference as far as the future of mankind.
2006-06-30 06:32:14 · answer #4 · answered by Rio de 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually it is predetermined yet we still have free will all that is to happen has in a respect already happened or is currently happening as the case maybe time is a law that we as humans are subject to so as far as we are concerned our destiny's are our own..how ever if you believe God is not subject to laws than you can understand time has no meaning to him being omnipresent would mean that while our conciseness allows us only this time to be aware of all time is equal with God...therefore we as humans do have free will for all that it matters to us yet God can perceive the out come of our lives even before we were born at least to our way of thinking..if we make a conscience effort to change things they will change..however the fact that we sought to change them was already pre determined...but as far as Man is concerned it is all that matters we have the ability to change our fortunes in the way that we see it...so as far as mankind is concerned we do have free will. Ok so thats the best my finite mind can percieve it....it is free will even though god knows the outcome.
2006-06-30 06:42:27 · answer #5 · answered by djmantx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on you. If you sit back as a passive observer of life then your path will most certainly be pre-determined. If you take responsibility for every action and occurrence in your life then you will have the power to determine your own fate, it is up to you.
2006-06-30 06:31:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Existentialism and Predestination are not the same thing. They lead to different places...there are many dimensions in the spirit realm. The door to heaven says on the front, "whosoever will may enter," when you enter and close the door it says on the back, "chosen from before the foundation of the world." Since God knows all things, He knows those that will choose to come, so He says, "Yes. Amen. They are welcome." And He chooses them. So we are predestined! Fun to try and get your mind around that one!
2006-06-30 06:49:11 · answer #7 · answered by novalee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do believe that, at least to a certain extent, a person's biological background --along with what is called "nurture" --affect how he/she is likely to act. On the other hand, I do believe that we have a certain amount of free will. Even if we didn't have free will, it probably be a good thing to BELIEVE we did. Otherwise, we might feel trapped by fate and give up trying. God luck with your quest!
2006-06-30 06:38:43 · answer #8 · answered by Ace Librarian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Always Say I'll Talk To The Man/Women When I Get There..Predetermined Not Really!! But You Never Know......
2006-06-30 06:33:58 · answer #9 · answered by quadro q 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL. Was your comment predetermined, or did you choose those words for yourself? The answer is distinct. There is a plan for each and every one of our lives. You can't plan the end without the means. Yet it remains clear that we can decide for ourselves our own actions. I say that our destiny is predetermined but we clearly have free will.
2006-06-30 06:32:48 · answer #10 · answered by RandyGE 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋