"Free will" is the ability to think and through thinking, we can decide what to do. But our decisions are mostly influenced by something that we cannot control or choose in our life, like weather, your birthplace, parents, and characters or human nature ( like selfish, greed, honest, .....), which I call it "fate".
2006-08-31 09:21:29 · 17 answers · asked by noname 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I believe there is no predetermined destiny in our life!
2006-08-31 09:30:19 · update #1
gyvuphays,
Why are most females simple minded. Is it their fate or they choose to be simple minded?
2006-08-31 10:14:47 · update #2
It is nice to realize this. But you speak about fate as if it (fate) has awareness and therefore directs us thru its invertible force.
It is time to question how was fate created and is there a Creator for fate ???
2006-08-31 10:39:32 · answer #1 · answered by A Muslim 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would like to briefly expand on the first few points made by Guru: While "fate" or destiny is historically considered to be a future set towards a certain grand purpose by a higher power. The scientific version of this is the theory of determinism, the idea that since every action is a reaction of a prior action, as was that action and the one before it, etc. then every choice is merely the predetermined result of prior events. This is actually a rather depressing theory, when you consider that the concept of free will has the general plus side of humanity shaping it's own "destiny", and that the concept of fate has the plus side that the future is preset towards some great future that only a god could imagine, and that determinism takes both of those away and creates a universe where the future may still suck, AND we don't have a choice in the matter. However, determinism has a point. I do not agree entirely with Guru's statement that "we are at the mercy of the biochemical state of our brains". This is true to an extent, but any genetic predisposition we have usually is simply a tendency, such as ones IQ level, or a mind that is structured to be more organized than the average person, that influences but does not entirely decide what we do. The more important issue is our environment, the effect that our experiences have on us. From a deterministic point of view, these experiences completely decide for us what we will choose in any given situation. After all, unless the choices you are deciding between are to your mind so equal that you end up having to flip a coin or in some other way rely on chance, then you always will choose one over the other because you think it is in some way better, which is in turn a product of your past experiences with similar and relevant matters. Given this, though you were physically able to choose otherwise, and though given a slightly-altered state of mind you may have done so, WOULD you have? If you went back to that moment over and over, given the exact same beliefs and knowledge, would you ever even once choose differently? And if not, does that eliminate free will, or does the simple fact that it was still technically your "choice" constitute free will?
2016-03-27 02:36:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fate is that which is inevitably predetermined; destiny: A believer in fate would state that I was pre-determined to supply that answer and because of this, fate cannot be proven. If something cannot be ruled out nor ruled in it becomes a variable on both sides of the equation and therefore cancels itself.
Free will is choice. You choose to pay your taxes because you do not wish to suffer the consequences. Your free will is what led you to make a choice based on the influence of the consequence.
Human nature is neither fate nor free will but an influence. I like being considered honest so it influences me to inform the cashier that she gave me back to much change. I did not have to return the change, I chose too.
Stating that "our decisions are mostly influenced by something that we cannot control or choose in our life" is only partially true. We tend to to develop automatic responses to influences. When a driver cuts us off many of us do nothing and many honk the horn and give the universal sign of anti-hello. The actions of the other driver are only an influence, we choose, either sub-consciously or consciously to respond in a particular fashion. The sub-conscious choice is not fate, it is habit. Habit is an off shoot of free will.
2006-08-31 09:54:15 · answer #3 · answered by elephanthrower 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
your take on free will is pretty keen.
however, fate is not envirmental. Fate, or destiny, is a given end that we cannot help but meet. It's like a path we walk, and no matter how many turns we take, or forks we choose from, we will still end up at this ultimate end.
The concept is intresting, and a little frightening.
I believe in both free will, and fate if you can grasp that. We have the choice to do as we wish from day to day, however, there is a certain destiny that we are all designed to face and/or meet, and even though we can alter how we get there, we will arrive eventually, regardless toward how your life has played out.
2006-08-31 09:54:52 · answer #4 · answered by Erick 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To an extent you are right. Here is the way I see it.
"Free will" as it is isn't all that "free". It has been adapted over the years. The basic thought it that we have the freedom (or free will) to choose to follow that trend suggested by those characteristics listed above, or to not follow them and proceed down a different path.
Fate, on the other hand, deals with the concept that all actions and resolves are planned, we just don't know it. Which would be the oxymoron of Free-Will in a sense (unless you consider the fact you are clueless of what fate has in store so you call it Free Will).
2006-08-31 09:29:34 · answer #5 · answered by mjohnson2469 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
or, taken from a higher level, it's all free will. Fate is simply that which we've earned, karma, through previous actions. So, again, free will. I would question your definition of free will as based on the ability to think and through thinking we decide what to do. Decisions come from many levels, from the highest level, or Soul level, all the way down to the animal level. Come on now, how many people do you know that make ALL their decisions basied on the thought process. All sales people know that most folks make buying decisions based on emotions. How many sexual situations are decided in the mind? LOL.. But, it's all free will, and all learning experiences. Once getting to a certain point in our unfoldment, we start letting Soul and Spirit be in charge, then things go smoother in our lives. All decisions start working together for Soul's further unfoldment and for the good of all. Love happens.
2006-08-31 12:39:14 · answer #6 · answered by shine_radiantstar 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We have a small amount of free will, or independence, and when we misuse our independence, we have to accept the consequences, or our fate. For example, if I were to see something in a store and decide to do a five-finger discount, that's my choice, my independent free will acting. But if I get caught, its my fate to do the time or pay the fine. The same thing happened when we decided to try and be enjoyers and controllers in competition to the Lord. With that misuse of our free will came the consequences -- we are put into the material world and covered by illusion. Now we serve our time and pay the fine -- suffering life after life-- birth, death, disease and old age. If we use our free will to re-establish our relationship with the Lord, we get real freedom, the eternal atmosphere of complete bliss and knowledge, the spiritual world.
2006-08-31 09:36:22 · answer #7 · answered by Jagatkarta 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No...and my opinion is most females will agree with you...simple minded, one dementinal people well agree with you...above average intelligent people well laugh at your simple minded opinion...i mean no offence to you personally...just my opinion...with free will,"the right to make your own personal choices,make changes,your ability to readjust any path you are on,'thought patterns,choices you make...your fate cannot be predetermin because you can control and chose,'now that is what free will is'...a drug and alcahol abuser can/could fine it hard to change though...but still there fate can not be predetermin...because of free will. a persons fate is/cannot be predetermined..
most, but not all, females think with there hearts not the minds...wich is not logical...and just like sally fields said to tom hanks in 'Forest Gump'...you make your own destiny...even though a female said that...it was a man that told her to say that...lol...whoops...i should have not said that...let the ladies here give me a bunch of crap...lol
most of you ladies, not all, on here speak there oppinion from there feelings and not logic...just like the question itself...not logical...the question was based on the questioneers feelings...
keenu...what about your after death...even death itself...not includeing plan suicide...and not to mention the weather...whoops...mentioned...lol
2006-08-31 09:34:11 · answer #8 · answered by GyVuPhaYs 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
What you decide today determines all of your tomorrows. Fate is the results of this! Free will you have everyday! Our society isn't so forgiving! So you must make the best choice you can each and every day!
2006-08-31 09:34:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe your statement is partially correct. On the one hand our decisions are influenced by the events, environment, people, etc. But in the end true free will means to surrender to evil ways or to struggle to do good.
I believe that there is a Higher form of existence in the Universe(God, Allah, etc.) that gives us the path but it is we who choose to walk the path. Our fate is our own, a series of events unfolding, by our decisions to do or not to do. You can chose to listen to that voice inside your soul or you can chose not to. Remember God is constantly testing us but fate, destiny, are always at the end and free will and choice are always our to chose either to succumb to evil or to fight it. And fighting it(evil) is much more harder then adapting to it(evil).
2006-08-31 11:05:05 · answer #10 · answered by Faust 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋