2006-08-12 09:06:39 · 25 answers · asked by bc_munkee 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
First guy: I mean fate (destiny) you nimkumpoop...
2006-08-12 09:11:42 · update #1
I have to say Yes!
ABSOLUTELY!
oh you mean Faith....
Yeah, THAT TOO!
2006-08-12 09:09:17 · answer #1 · answered by elymendoza1984 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure they can. First of all you have to put free will in the context of the fact that we only have "free will" according to the choices that are present for us to make. For instance while I'm free to step outside my door today, my free will doesn't include going to a lot of places because they are either too far away or I don't know about all of the places there are to go to or some other factor limits the choices that I am "free" to make.
Secondly I like to use the chess game analogy. If I was playing chess against someone who was so intelligent that not only could they instantly know every possible course the game could take each time I moved a piece but who also knew me so well that they could predict how I would react each time they moved a piece on the board, then I would be "free" to choose my moves and to reach out my hand and think whatever I wanted to before moving, but the result would be no different than if my opponent was telling me what move to make and I had to obey them.
2006-08-12 09:21:55 · answer #2 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Fate excludes free will. Knowing the future is different then predetermining the future. Anyone who understands the term "fate" and believes it is true is living in a fairy tale. They need a reality check. The cosmic struggle between good and evil we all find ourselves locked in is all about the human race's ability to freely choose their own destiny. If fate existed there would be no reason for this cosmic struggle.
2006-08-12 09:19:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is a sovereign God then free will and fate must coexist. In most systematic theological systems one is usually emphasized over the other. For instance, in Calvinism, they emphasize God's sovereignty to the extent that they will not use the expression "free will" and even question if it could exist. In dispensational theology the free will is emphasized.
However the sovereignty of God (fate) is described, we still conduct our lives as if we have freedom and choice with our wills. To live our lives as if everything was predetermined is inconsistent with our humanity.
2006-08-12 09:19:32 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question.
I have recently discovered that causality(fate), dose not determine the future.
This is a tricky concept, since causality is its-self valid.
But it is not the driving force, it is the mechanism, the universe uses it "to get things done."
Look at it this way, if you drive to the store would you look at the car to figure out the motivation of the trip.No
A car is a mechanical thing. It has no determining will inherit in its-self.
Furthermore, the car is its-self nothing more than a byproduct of ideas. (this is the key concept)
A car cannot will its-self into creation as it is a byproduct of will.
You will get this idea or not.
Carl Jung was thing along these lines when he wrote his work on synchronicity. Check out his work, it may hold the answers your looking for.
God Bless
2006-08-12 11:11:54 · answer #5 · answered by erickallen101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, they're 2 different things. Fate is things just happening, but free will is you actually making a decision to do something. You don't decide to go to work in the morning because of fate, you make that choice.
2006-08-12 09:10:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, how can one have free will if "god" has knowledge of one's future? This is an old argument that will be fought for a long time to come.
If one believes in god and that said god knows one's fate. The god has foreknowledge thus has determined that the outcome, what ever it is, is acceptable. Thus, there is no ability to determine one's own fate. It is a logical impossibility to say that the god has NO influence.
2006-08-12 09:15:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe there are certain things in life that are fated to happen (ex: pregnancy{expected or not}, meeting certain people, when we die{not how}etc.) But we have free will to choose how to handle these situations(abort, put up for adoption, or raise children; make that aquatance a friend or treat them badly)
God may have fated yahoo to create answers but you and I choose to write these things. Anything is possible.
2006-08-12 09:25:47 · answer #8 · answered by hazydaze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I myself don't believe so. Fate is predestination. I do not believe that before I was born someone already had my life already planned out for me. If that were the case why would life be worth living.
With free will we create the direction our lives take. We are the only ones whom decide how we end up (unless you are one of those unfortunates who abuse free will and run counter to the law of man and have your free will restricted).
2006-08-12 09:14:31 · answer #9 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What if we are fated to reach certain points in our life, but how we get there is based on our own free will?
Kind of like how if I'm going to the grocery store, there are many routes I can take to get there...
2006-08-12 09:14:18 · answer #10 · answered by jenNdan18286 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Destiny(fate) is created by free will.
2006-08-12 09:20:03 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋