Even though I do believe taht everything happens for a reason, I do not believe that only one person is meant for you and only you. Does that make sense?
2007-01-15 06:20:55 · 10 answers · asked by Snaox 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
One has nothing to do with the other,although it could.
2007-01-15 06:24:03 · answer #1 · answered by Dfirefox 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Things happen in a way that you can never control, but only influence. Your choices can increase or decrease the chances of what you want happening, but the future is not completely predictable. You don't see weather forecasts going more than 10 days into the future, because weather is a chaotic system, and you can never predict exactly what is going to happen. Now picture yourself, being affected by all these chaotic systems. The weather ultimately influences your actions. So does traffic, random whims, etc. You can predict approximates, as in "oh July is usually hot" or "this road has a lot of traffic at 8:00 AM," but you're never going to get it exactly as it will be. So, as a result, you end up being able to accomplish what you set to do, but not predict exactly how it will go. You made it to work, but you had to turn on the windshield wipers and let the green car cut in front of you on the freeway. What I'm getting at is that nothing is certain, and the way I see it, NOTHING happens for a particular reason. They just happen unpredictably. The difference between life and death may be a couple feet. If you hadn't tripped a second earlier, not looked where you were going, and taken longer to get to the road, you would have been run over. But that's simply luck. You could also have tripped and instead this time it caused you to be in the car's path. Actually, scenario you presented may very well happen. It's all random. However, if it gives people comfort, I just don't argue. My mom is like that. I don't say anything because it comforts her. I still don't buy into it at all though, like you said I think it's complete BS.
2016-05-24 07:08:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me this makes total sense. I often get the feeling that many things in life happen for a reason and that you should relfect back on these things from time to time to learn from your experiences to better your life in the future.
As far as soulmates go, I believe that marriage is overrated based on the fact that most people get married in their 20s and are then expected to spend the rest of their life (another 50-80 years) with that same person. How can you know ths is the right person, when you haven't had long enough to experience the other sides of life? This is why divorce is so common these days, many people are very independent and do not need to rely on someone else for their survival (physcologically, financially, physically...etc) and therefore will only stay with one person as long as the relationship remains interesting and in essence: worth it. Personally I think this is the ideal way to go since the main goal of life should be happiness, and if you're not happy with your significant other, then its time to move on.
2007-01-15 06:40:10 · answer #3 · answered by mcmax20 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it does. If you believe that everything happens for a reason, then you believe that the people you encounter in your life, come into your life for a reason. That reason does not have to be related to love. Therefore in a sense, all of the people you have in your life would be in one way or another "meant for you" just for different reasons. It makes perfect sense.
2007-01-15 06:47:17 · answer #4 · answered by Irish 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course it is possible. You may be with someone at a particular time in your life to experience or learn something, but that doesn't mean you need to be with one person for the rest of your life to believe that things happen for a reason.
And yes...Cordova is right...the two concepts aren't related.
2007-01-15 06:31:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perfectly! To believe that you are so inflexible in who you are that the only match for you is someone who will complement you in everyway is pretty hard to swallow. Given the right situation anyone can be our match. That's what makes us human; our ability to adapt to our environment.
2007-01-15 08:50:17 · answer #6 · answered by Michael K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a possiblity. But what if throughout your life you have MANY soulmates?
2007-01-15 06:25:19 · answer #7 · answered by artist0027 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not think these two concepts are related.
2007-01-15 06:30:59 · answer #8 · answered by Immortal Cordova 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess it is possible to believe, believing is what make it possible.
2007-01-15 10:09:29 · answer #9 · answered by Marcelo Halmen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with artist
2007-01-15 07:48:16 · answer #10 · answered by Type O' 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋