Please expound on your yes or no. Thanks.
2007-01-25 05:30:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Arminianism will say no, except for at most a "plan" with no definite outcome.
Calvinism will say no for the unregenerate (left in their own sins -- God is not the author of sin), and yes for the regenerate, since predestination (unto salvation, a good thing) happens by the grace of God.
2007-01-25 05:58:34 · answer #1 · answered by ccrider 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Predestiny implies fate, which implies a supernatural. So no, we are not predestined.
However, everything is predetermined. The arrow of time is merely an illusion. The beginning, duration, and end of the universe were all created in one huge instant called the inflationary era. That we perceive time as moving is simply because we are internal to the system -- externally [mathematically external, of course, there is no external physical], the whole of spacetime just thudded into existence in one fell swoop.
This means that while I might not know what I'm doing tomorrow, what I do tomorrow is as set in stone as what I did yesterday because both days came into existence simultaneously.
2007-01-25 13:39:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. We are like a ball rolling down a hill. If no force greater than our own momentum (genetic predisposition and environment) intervenes then we will absolutely end up where it looked like we would. But because we are intelligent human beings (well some of us anyway) we can choose a path of enlightenment and beak away from the destiny that awaits at the bottom of the hill. Unfortunately, it requires a lot of sustained effort that most people are unwilling to expend.
2007-01-25 13:40:44 · answer #3 · answered by David 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes and no predestination is set up to make choices and if we dont choose what we do with our lives we never make it to where we want to be you can change it as well because destinies are not written in stone we can also ignore it and let some thing or some one else control our lives which removes the idea of freewill
2007-01-25 13:46:48 · answer #4 · answered by xians_are_evil777 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We are genetically predispositioned towards certain things, certainly; but we are a product of our environment as well as our genetic makeup...
If you are speaking about 17th Century Protestant v. Catholic v. other branches of Protestantism predetermination of salvation, then it's up to your own interpretation of the Bible.
Charles I didn't think so, but then he was prosecuted by a man who did. And of course, Charles I was then beheaded...
2007-01-25 13:38:24 · answer #5 · answered by Blackacre 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe in an omniscient god, then everything that will happen is already known by god and we are merely operating under the illusion of free-will because we don't have god's view.
If you don't believe in an omniscient god, then we have total free-will.
2007-01-25 13:38:55 · answer #6 · answered by Samurai Jack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, predestination is a hollow theory.
2007-01-25 13:38:13 · answer #7 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
God put us in the family, or place we are in right now, JUST FOR HIM.
He wants to prepare us for Eternity. Earth is just a dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on Earth wnat we will do forever in Eternity.
He gives us the strength to be who He NEEDS us to be,
IF we ASK Him to help us to BE WHAT HE NEEDS US TO BE.
But we have to WANT to please Him and ourselves--He can change us very easily--but there HAS TO BE THE 'WANT'.
2007-01-25 13:47:20 · answer #8 · answered by bettyboop 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, we all have free will, we choose what we want to become.
2007-01-25 13:38:08 · answer #9 · answered by Dink 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religion is crap. There's no fate but what we make for ourselves.
2007-01-25 13:39:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋