I know they contradict and one might say even negate each other. And I do believe that we are the captains of our ships. But what about the waters the ship is sailing through? What about the weather? We have no control over it. Will the current take us to what was destined anyway? Where does the will enter?
2007-01-21 07:32:26 · 8 answers · asked by oksana_rossi 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Why not, if thats what you want? Life is full of unexplainable contradictions and paradoxes. Personally I'm more of an existentialist but I also accept that no matter how much control you take over your 'ship' there are indeed factors beyond your control.
Is it a wave or is it a particle? Scientists got so bogged down on this question on how to describe light energy that they eventually just gave up trying to prove it one way or the other and had to come to grips with the fact that it is both - even though in conventional logic its quite impossible to be both!
It depends entirely on your point of view. Even if free will is an illusion, thats the illusion that I prefer to follow and if I can find a way to believe in it enough then it is indeed true for me. Well, true enough anyway.
2007-01-22 13:27:34 · answer #1 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
both ideas are simply decided within you, so of course you can believe in both. With personal beliefs concerning things like your own life, you can believe in whatever you want, whether those beliefs go with the norm or not. Go with your heart.
2007-01-21 07:52:10 · answer #2 · answered by floatininthedark 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that fate just sets the stage for us, it is our free will that decides what action we will take in the situation.
2007-01-21 08:22:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a million. definite. although, as a replace of calling it destiny, I decide to think of of it using fact the implications of our ideals and movements. 2. definite. At any time, we are able to decide for to alter any area of our lives. that's often complicated, yet relatively obtainable if the determination is there. 3. individually, definite. i'm a form of "crackpots" who asks God questions and gets solutions. i've got examined His "solutions" and that they have got consistently been spot on. it relatively is robust adequate for me.
2016-10-31 22:28:46 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-01-21 07:44:30 · answer #5 · answered by Answerer 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's a nice metaphor. Unfortunately there is no middleground between free-will and predestination. They are polar opposites and both cannot exist.
2007-01-21 07:39:22 · answer #6 · answered by thievesstolemypolicecar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe in both then you are a rebel against your own fate.
2007-01-21 08:48:06 · answer #7 · answered by Terry The Terrible 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well.. we're not quite like plankton.. maybe plankton with a sail & rudder.. : )
2007-01-21 07:52:39 · answer #8 · answered by Century25 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋