Is there really such a thing?
2006-07-28 05:45:20 · 10 answers · asked by slippped 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No but the things we call coincidence are usually carefully disguised to appear to be just that.
2006-07-28 05:51:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, of course. With 6.5 billion people living in the same planet at the same time, the probability that two of them will coincide on doing or thinking anything is simply waaay too close to 100% ...so, yup, just by the law of large numbers, coincidence does indeed exist :-)
2006-07-28 05:54:15 · answer #2 · answered by p.g 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will probably get a lot of flack on this, but my answer is no. There is no such thing as luck, lucky amulets or anything that will change whatever fate has in store for you
2006-07-28 06:19:38 · answer #3 · answered by stullerrl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give Scott C the 10 points.
2006-07-28 05:52:42 · answer #4 · answered by Gallivanting Galactic Gadfly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. It is just the brain finding patterns in events, similar to the way the brain finds patterns in clouds. It doesn't mean something is "really" there in some cosmic sense any more than there really is a poodle in the sky when you see a cloud you think looks like one.
2006-07-28 05:50:15 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians don't believe their lives are ruled by luck or chance; they believe God is in control.
Think about it: If life is random or ruled by chance, then it doesn't really have any higher purpose. In fact, if you take it to its logical conclusion it means we are here by accident, and everything that happens to us is strictly accidental and has no meaning. Or we may decide we are ruled by fate and have no control over our destiny. Like the writer of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament, we'll be tempted to look at life and say, "All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind" (Ecclesiastes 2:17).
But God tells us otherwise! God created us, and He put us here for a purpose. He loves us, and He cares what happens to us! Life's greatest joy comes from discovering His purpose for our lives, and then (with His help) fulfilling it.
What is God's purpose for us? Simply this: that we would live for Him instead of for ourselves. This happens as we give our lives to Christ and learn to walk with Him every day. Don't trust "luck" to give you happiness; instead, turn to Christ and put your future into His hands.
2006-07-28 06:26:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coincidences happen all the time. They happen by chance, but to us they look as though there wasn't chance involved.
2006-07-28 06:21:03 · answer #7 · answered by nick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in fate and destiny
everything is written
coincidence in itself is an act of destiny, and the response to it is an act of destiny
but that doesnt mean people dont have free will because they are judged by their actions. however their actions are known
2006-07-28 06:03:33 · answer #8 · answered by la_fille_en_blue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two things I don't believe in:
Coincidence-
and Leprachauns
2006-07-28 05:52:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.
2006-07-28 05:49:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋