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Do YOU think things happen randomly or for a reason?

2006-08-31 16:06:54 · 33 answers · asked by newyorkrose9 3 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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I've always liked a lyric by Jackson Browne (For a Dancer).

And somewhere between the time you arrive
And the time you go
May lie a reason you were alive
But you'll never know

Aloha

2006-08-31 16:09:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 1

Randomly it is only that our minds process data in a certain why that assigns 'reasons' that we think that way that everything has a reason and we refuse to believe that nothing could happen other than for a reason. Perhaps the Universe has no purpose whatsoever. Perhaps our lives are meaningless until we give them some meaning. If we always insist on assigning a reason we will often arrive at a wrong answer.

2006-08-31 17:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2 1

I absolutely think everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens randomly. If you didn't believe in fate, how would you know that you had married the right person or taken the right job? What happens when things go wrong? Is it just some fluke of bad luck? I can't believe in that.

2006-08-31 16:10:01 · answer #3 · answered by katethefabulous 3 · 0 1

i think that human beings are programmed to search for meaning, and purpose in even the smallest thing, and whether there is a reason or there isnt has no bearing whatsoever on our never ending quest to find one. We need a reason as much as we need air and water. The thought that we are simply thrown into some time and space, and that our existence is but a tiny fraction of the universe s history is very discomforting. And thus, we search on and on for patterns, significance and proof that we have a role to fulfill and a reason to be here, now.

2006-08-31 16:17:10 · answer #4 · answered by inDmood 3 · 1 0

i think of each and every thing occurs for a reason. Our lives are planned out to a undeniable quantity. The small info can get replaced however the enormous scheme of life is choreographed to correspond with the lives of others which you're meant to have interaction with. Like a significant spiderweb, A computer virus strikes on one element and the completed internet bounces to alert the spider on the different element. I belive there's a suited substantial different for all and sundry, and on occasion there are a pair suited human beings. we are destined to fulfill specific human beings, and each each and every now and then we could desire to make blunders alongside the way so we are able to fulfill that suitable guy or woman. i think of each and every person is often punished and rewarded via mortal skill. while you're making undesirable judgements undesirable issues are going to ensue to you. while you're making sturdy judgements life could be a touch greater ordinary. From what i've got considered although not something comes elementary to every physique and people who've problems of their lives and could desire to artwork for what they desire are greater possibly to prevail than people who're given each and every thing on a platter.

2016-10-01 03:59:36 · answer #5 · answered by alarid 4 · 0 0

I believe things haooen for a reason. We may not see it now but sooner or later, when we think about why they transpired in the way they did , we will understand that events occur for a reason. Some could be to make you stronger and more mature and others could be the other way around. It depends on how we deal with or see it.

2006-08-31 16:10:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

I'd like to think that things happen for a reason. Even if it seems like a small thing that we would think would have no impact in our lives..I still think that it means something.

I'd like to think that we meet people for a reason, that it is not an accident that I met someone. I'd like to think that we were meant to influence each other and experience life experiences whether it's good or bad...so we can all learn.

2006-08-31 16:17:04 · answer #7 · answered by Sydney 4 · 0 1

I believe all things happen for a reason even bad things

2006-08-31 16:12:17 · answer #8 · answered by M N 5 · 0 1

Both... life is random. Our reaction to life is the reason.

Everything is about how we react to situations we are presented with. I can't help but think there is a reason for everything, but I think we learn to find or create that reason, it isn't always "written into the plan" when life hits us over the head unexpectedly.

Good luck!

2006-08-31 16:09:44 · answer #9 · answered by thoughtfulwind 3 · 2 0

Things do happen, apparently at random. Yet, if one thinks through an event, one ultimately discerns that the occurrence has a reason--some unacceptable, some reasonable, some unbelievable.

2006-08-31 16:10:25 · answer #10 · answered by Bummerang 5 · 1 1

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