yes and we have right choices to make for it to be a good ending
2007-05-01 10:09:30
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answered by Anonymous
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Consider this. If we have a destiny, if God 'has a plan' for our lives, that throws free will out the window. We either have NO exact destiny and god has NO idea what the future brings and we then have free will, or god knows EXACTLY whats going to happen next and that by definition means we DONT have free will. Common sense.
2007-05-01 17:20:06
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answered by Anonymous
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This belief was popular among the Greeks and Romans. According to pagan Greek mythology, the Fates were three goddesses that spun the thread of life, determined its length, and cut it.
Ecclesiastes 3:1, 2 speaks of “a time to die.” But, showing that this is not a predetermined fixed moment for the individual, Ecclesiastes 7:17 counsels: “Do not be wicked overmuch, nor become foolish. Why should you die when it is not your time?” Proverbs 10:27 says: “The years themselves of the wicked ones will be cut short.” And Psalm 55:23 adds: “As for bloodguilty and deceitful men, they will not live out half their days.” What, then, does Ecclesiastes 3:1, 2 mean? It is simply discussing the continuous cycle of life and death in this imperfect system of things. There is a time when people are born and a time when they die—usually at not more than 70 or 80 years of age, but sometimes sooner and sometimes later.—Ps. 90:10; see also Ecclesiastes 9:11.
If each one’s moment and manner of death were already fixed at the time of birth or earlier, there would be no need to avoid dangerous situations or to care for one’s health, and safety precautions would not alter mortality rates. But do you believe that a battlefield during war is as safe as one’s home far away from the war zone? Do you care for your health or take your children to the doctor? Why do smokers die three to four years younger, on an average, than nonsmokers? Why are there fewer fatal accidents when automobile passengers wear seat belts and when drivers obey traffic laws? Obviously, taking precautions is beneficial.
Is everything that happens “the will of God”?
2 Pet. 3:9: “Jehovah . . . is patient with you because he does not desire any to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance.” (But not all respond to his patience. Clearly, it is not “the will of God” when some fail to repent. Compare Revelation 9:20, 21.)
Jer. 7:23-26: “This word I did express in command upon them [Israel], saying: ‘Obey my voice, and I will become your God, and you yourselves will become my people; and you must walk in all the way that I shall command you, in order that it may go well with you.’ But they did not listen . . . I kept sending to you all my servants the prophets, daily getting up early and sending them. But they did not listen to me, and they did not incline their ear, but they kept hardening their neck.” (Obviously, the badness taking place in Israel was not “the will of God.”)
Mark 3:35: “Whoever does the will of God, this one is my brother and sister and mother.” (If whatever anyone did was “the will of God,” then everyone would have enjoyed the kind of relationship with Jesus that he there described. But he said to some: “You are from your father the Devil.”—John 8:44.)
2007-05-01 17:34:25
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answered by sxanthop 4
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No, but some one will always argue for it. The argument for it is hard to disprove because things obviously only happen once. I could say I'm free to pick if I want to turn left or right at an intersection but in the end I have to pick one way and that's the way I went and someone will say "You were destined to go that way". But us normal people know we have free will and the fact that we can't time travel doesn't change that.
2007-05-01 17:17:36
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answered by Anonymous
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To every action,there is a reaction!
Your present life is the result of your past ones,where you did positive and negative deeds.
For example,if you raped someone,you will have to taste the same situation getting raped!
If you killed someone or an animal,you'll have to get the same sort of sufferings during this lifetime or future ones.
If you stole money,you'll get stolen...
So,justice is perfect,and no one should really complain about his situation,even if the suffering is of the worst kind.
It's incredible how most people are heartless concerning the sufferings of animals that are killed for food,whereas they could easily be vegetarians!
So,in order to learn about such suffering,some accident happens,where one's bones are crushed or one get boiled alive like a lobster....
Wise people,having realised such truths,take great care not to offend any creature,even the smallest ones...
2007-05-01 17:26:48
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answer #5
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answered by aquarius2001 2
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well depends on what level u are talking bout ,i would say yes as all of us are destined to get crushed in "the big crush "
(im talking bout the big bang and the big crush here).
2007-05-01 17:11:03
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answered by saggy 2
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Yes it does.It's a simple "law" of our world.We take what we give...What we take in this life,is what we had given in previous lives,and what we will take in our lives that will follow is what we give now ;)
2007-05-01 17:17:04
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answered by surat_shabt_yogi 2
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God has a PLAN for our lives.
2007-05-01 17:09:53
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answered by bettyboop 6
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Not yet.
2007-05-01 19:11:34
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answered by Anonymous
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