2006-11-30 17:55:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Technically, free will is an illusion. Given all the data present in any situation, including the data that a person has accumulated over a lifetime, it is possible in principle to calculate the outcome. As a practical matter, this is of course impossible, and "free will" is an appropriate model for the actual situation.
2006-11-30 17:58:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe destiny is God's will, I say that because neither we don't know until it happens. So yeah they are compatible. But free will wouldn't be an illusion, because it's a choice You have, God's will and destiny are given and will be done, thru His grace and mercy.You will never know your destiny if you don't have God's grace because His will will not have been done since not from His grace. Short form answer............this can be in depth.
2006-12-01 02:02:27 · answer #2 · answered by mskash 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have free will to make decisions, and then you live out the effects/consequences of those decisions. The effects of those decisions are your destiny. You create your own destiny (fate) by the decisions and actions that result from your free will. Sometimes the effects are immediate and come into play in your present lifetime, sometimes it takes many lifetime to make all of your actions (good and bad) balance out. Either way, free will and destiny go hand in hand. Make sense now?
2006-12-01 02:01:48 · answer #3 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Destinty is going down a certain road because a GPS system told you to take it. Free will is deciding to turn right instead of left, because you want to see something over there.
Destiny was my trip from the West to the East, but when talking with people I knew they offered me other choices on routes than what Yahoo Maps said I should do. Free will was my deciding who to listen to and what route to actually take. Yahoo's way would take longer, cost me more in gas and more on the toll road.
2006-12-01 02:42:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a question not easily answered.
Destiny: The soul is attracted to the exact set of circumstances that is required in order for it to heal.
Freewill: The mind can decide if it wishes to take a path now or later.
God: Will give you chance after chance to do as you were intended. (how many years???.....how many lifetimes???)
I'm sorry....can't really answer your question without writing a novel.
That's the short version of my opinion. :)
Peace!
2006-12-01 02:02:22 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Insomuch as I see what you are asking, I believe that your problem assumes that God is somehow "bound" by time.
God is not bound by time, and thus your question is one that must be inspected further. For, God, being ever present is omnipresent, and so knows what you will do, but at the same time enjoys live with you.
2006-12-01 02:01:34 · answer #6 · answered by BigPappa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok look at it like this. Lets say I can see the future and I see someone on the other side of the world trip. It wouldnt have been because of me. Just because I saw it before it happened doesnt mean that that person doesnt have free will. understand?
2006-12-01 01:59:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have free will. The point is God knows already what choices you will make....and its consequences...and what is good fo you. Using you free will can only be subject to obedience or disobedience to God
even angels have free will...look what happenend to Satan and others when he used it, contrary to Him.
2006-12-01 02:09:18 · answer #8 · answered by Philadelphia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know what my destiny would be without God's will.
2006-12-01 21:04:27 · answer #9 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I look at it kind of like parents and child. While the child has free will to do what s/he will, the parent kind of guides the child's life.
2006-12-01 02:02:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋