Could you please give some good logic as to why or why not...
Thanks!
2006-07-18 13:18:53 · 18 answers · asked by iu_hoosier20 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Yes I do.
Religious explanation: Luck is simply when God wants to remain anonymous.
Good Luck: Result from being positive and attracting the good luck.
Bad Luck: Result from being negative and attracting bad luck.
2006-07-18 13:30:19 · answer #1 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but I know people that are lucky. Let me explain:
I know people that believe they are lucky and they are always looking for "signs". When they see them they act and good things happen to them. I think these "signs" are really just opportunities that these people never would have seen if they weren't looking.
When thy walk into a new situation, they think "this is going to turn out great because I'm lucky" so the keep a positive attitude and are not intimidated and things go well for them.
And them when they see an opportunity that they think will never work out for them, they say "this might work anyway. After all, I am lucky" and they take the chance while more "reasonable" people just watch from the sidelines.
So I don't believe in luck but I believe that you can be lucky if you want to be.
2006-07-18 20:26:46 · answer #2 · answered by G-man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in luck, I believe that we all have a little bit of good luck and we all have a little bit of bad luck. I used to be so lucky as a teenager/young adult. Now I only have good luck every now and then. I believe that we create our own luck with the things we do and that my friend is KARMA.
Everything happens for a reason, you just have to know what to do with it when it happens.
2006-07-18 20:24:28 · answer #3 · answered by BbyGrl80 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I think that luck is predetermined by the perfect chaos of the universe. People can control their "luck factor" by positive thinking. I think that the brain formats a certain "circumstantial" flow that directs situations/opportunities to people based on their inner emotional landscape, judgement, intuition, outlook, and the action that they take in life...You know that the person who thinks that the glass of water is "half-empty" doesn't have good luck, because s/he is complaining about the injustices life "dealt them"...but the person who looks at life with more optimism and engages in physical action is more prone to recieve better things ...or the over-used adage, "what comes around, goes around." As for scientific proof of the chaos theory of the brain...my father may be on to something...he's also studied at IU...Bloomington. ;)
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2006-07-18 20:44:05 · answer #4 · answered by magnamamma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never think of myself as one who thinks about things in terms of 'i got lucky' or ' it was bad luck' ... but i think i might be. Only ... i dont know if i believe in luck so much as i do in Karma. Then there is my religion to take into account, and i have to wonder how much of my luck is actually 'divine intervention' then also i tend to think of things going wrong or 'bad luck' as 'just my luck' And then i go on to think well i must have done something to deserve it .. or .. if i know i didn't deserve it, then i think of it as... a question of balance, things can't be perfect forever, then i would be too worried about it all going to hell, so a little 'bad luck' is actually good. Then if there is A LOT of bad luck, well shucks im pluck out o' luck. ... i don't think i really answered your question im in a rambly mood right now.. sorry!
2006-07-18 20:26:41 · answer #5 · answered by bickeo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good luck is a bi product of hard work. Bad luck is real and unavoidable. It floats around in the air like a virus and has to land on somebody.
2006-07-18 20:23:23 · answer #6 · answered by killmylandlord 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Luck is the only logical explanation for
what happens to us. I'm talking about things
which we have no choice about.
Luck controls the most important aspects
of our lives.
2006-07-18 21:05:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No!
There is no such thing.
Everything is ordained and ordered by God's hand - luck is a human concept and without basis.
When we trust God everything happens for God's purposes - we have free will and mess up "all things work together for good for those who trust God. "
Everything happens to learn from and persevere through. God did not say this life would be easy - he gives us trials and joys so that we can learn from them, but luck is an abstract, unfounded idea that is without premise.
2006-07-18 20:26:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Luck is made up just like the Easter Bunny & Santa. You decide how things in your life will turn out. You have to take control.
2006-07-18 20:22:17 · answer #9 · answered by Jaime L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I belive in luck...
Luck (noun)
success or failure apparently bought by chance rather than ones own actions
What about when you're playing cards?
Unless you cheat... there's nothing you can do to determine a good hand... no amount of practice you can get, it's all down to luck!
Especially in black jack ;o)
2006-07-18 20:23:25 · answer #10 · answered by * 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋