I believe this. Since, one can have so much control on anything-and therefore, if something happens, that can not be controled by the individual etc. it is because it was suppose to happen that way.
2007-02-08 15:30:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I very much believe that everything happens for a reason. There is no such thing as a coincidence.
2007-02-08 15:34:42 · answer #1 · answered by RiverGirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question is to find out for what reason? If something that you cannot control happened, it means it was supposed to happen. But the next thing to wonder about is why was it supposed to happen? We only start wondering when that something is a bad thing. Could have we prevented it? Or did it follow as a result of our controlled action, but we controlled it in a wrong way. And it led to a bad consequence that could not be controlled. So, when you are able to find a cause and effect relationship, maybe next time you can prevent undesirable things. And the cause and effect relationships, (meaning when you do something, something else inevitably follows) apply to everyone equally, just like the Laws of Nature. There is no favoring or neglecting in the Universal mechanisms.
So there are reasons why things happen. and these reasons can be tracked down and often prevented. If you know that fire will burn your skin, don't put your finger over the burning flame. If you do, you will burn your finger. So your blister happened for a reason. In this case the reason was obvious since you could see and feel it. Now some reasons are less obvious or not as easy to track down. But they are just as real and existent. And when things beyond our control happen, it's becase of our ignorance of those unknown but existent reasons.
2007-02-09 00:55:36 · answer #2 · answered by KuonA 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in cause and effect, it's a good a reason as anything for explaining why things happen. A rock will roll down a hill because of gravity and a ball will slow down because of friction, ect. As to the notion that things happen to certain people by their deservance or their willpower, well no. It may seem that some are favored by the universe while others are in a state of neglect or punishment, but that would just be our human tendency to anthropomorphize "natural" conditions and causalities.
A person is not destitute, for example, because of any effect of sentient "reasoning" on the universe's behalf, but the person's functioning ( or the functioning of their ancestors) in their historical and current physical location might have had something to do with it. But is this is a form of reasoning, reckoning or just result of having less than others to begin with?
Can reasoning be explained as a mechanical function? In a human created machine, like a computer or a clock, we acknowledge cause and effect as the reasons for the device's output, but we can also be sure that effect was determined by it's designer's intent. In my view, a machine is a small world we have a large degree of controll over, and the world itself is a big machine we have a limited degree of controll over. Things beyond our influence interact with and have an effect on us.
2007-02-08 23:54:19 · answer #3 · answered by ChromeBoulder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reasons are patterns that we pick out from the world around us. We are "wired" for it. We construct our own meaning. That's it. The world will go on without you.
Unless there are other minds in the universe, purpose barley escapes our atmosphere (a couple of machines extend to the edge of the solar system)
Go to www.hubblesite.org See what humankind has photographed and try to enjoy your ride on this rock. One day every person you've had contact with will die. It's possible to leave ripple effects, but they can only last so long. One chance, do it well. It's ok.
2007-02-09 00:41:44 · answer #4 · answered by Joshua B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Things can get strange at times. Most of what happens to us are our own creation. We manipulate it, either consciously or subconsciously. But on occasion things will happen that makes you wonder. All events in our lives can teach us lessons, and I do believe this is the reason behind all occurrences, to educate us and make us better people. We can choose to learn or to ignore. If we ignore the lesson, it will keep presenting itself until we accept it.
2007-02-09 00:01:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every thing does happen for a reason; be it a bee in a hive,
a car traveling down the road at 85 miles an hour hitting and killing a deer.
With God as the Captain of my ship; I must believe He has His reasons for everything and who am I to question?
When something happens to me ; my first thought is Thank you! I am alive one more day to have happenings happen. Be they good or bad a happening has its reasons.
2007-02-08 23:37:16 · answer #6 · answered by missellie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I beleive that the uncontrollable things that happen in my life are very important times that have a lesson to be learned from. I sometimes feel at peace more if I knew that things were being overshadowed by a devine hand than if I knew things were my fault and I was responsible.
2007-02-08 23:37:01 · answer #7 · answered by illustratedman7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally believe things do happen for a reason. That everything has a purpose, might not be a huge infliction on life but to me everything definitely relates to something.
2007-02-08 23:37:37 · answer #8 · answered by A QUESTION 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a Buddhist I believe in karma, which is the accumulation of effects from the causes we have made. Control and lack of control are believed to be from our own actions, from this and prior lives.
2007-02-08 23:39:58 · answer #9 · answered by Jeanne B 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it seems that somethings happen because other things have happened or in more simple terms i guess that yes things happen for a reason but not really so much its like things happen and then because of it new or different situation arise thereafter
2007-02-08 23:40:56 · answer #10 · answered by ELIZY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋