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Christi Level: 19 Posts: 119/124 EXP: 33751 For next: 2026 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 92 days Last activity: 11 days |
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I was just wondering. Or are you more inclined to the idea that we choose our destiny? I want to lean more towards the statement that life is what we make of it. Nothing falls into place unless you make the effort to get what you want. But there are times where I think about how anything can happen to anyone at any time under circumstances beyond their control. We get laid off, we get cancer, we get killed unexpectedly. I hate thinking that some higher power already has my life planned out, when I'm going to die and how. I try to make my own choices and assume responsibility for what happens to me in the near future. But I get the feeling that my choices have little to do with my future. And I have another question. Do you believe that people are inherently good and well meaning or evil with hidden agendas for every action? Just curious. I've been in philosophical mode for the past two weeks. :/ |
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knuck Hinox Banned until 19-58-5815: trolling, flaming, spamming, being a general fucktard... Level: 62 Posts: 1024/1818 EXP: 1894574 For next: 90112 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 9 hours |
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I don't believe in faith in a religious way, but in a scientific way. What you choose to do is already set, so you don't have control over the happenings, they are going to happen already. |
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Brunken Drawler Tektite Level: 12 Posts: 44/56 EXP: 7539 For next: 382 Since: 12-13-04 Since last post: 277 days Last activity: 203 days |
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I've been thinking philisophically too Christi. Yeah... I don't think fate is chosen by "someone else". If that were the case what's the point of continuing to live everyday life... I like to think that I have control over myself, and that eventually we will find out why the hell we are here. Oh yeah... Life is a dream by the way. Believe in nothing. It's all an illusion. | |||
Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143 Posts: 6481/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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I believe that we choose our own destiny. I think it sounds correct or something. When someone is bullying me or something tell them not to challenge fate. |
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Dracoon Zelda The temp ban/forum ban bypasser! Level: 84 Posts: 2233/3727 EXP: 5514391 For next: 147561 Since: 03-25-04 From: At home Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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We choose what we do, but it is already set in stone what will happen, because, your choice effects everything around you... Really I don't know, but I don't think fate exists, at least with God, because in Christian beliefs we have the one major choice of going to Heaven or Hell. As for your inherently good/evil thing, we are neutral, and how we are raised and what we do is how we become either of the two. |
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LizardKing ..of The Carnival Creation Armet 87/94 Level: 38 Posts: 383/596 EXP: 355646 For next: 14801 Since: 03-15-04 From: Norway Since last post: 4 days Last activity: 13 hours |
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To put it simply, whatever happens to us, in our lifetime, is a result of our own, and other people's choices. So, I really do not believe that there is a thing like 'fate'. Some choices, obviously, have bigger impact than others. And some people will be inherently good, some people will have hidden agendas, and some people will have a little bit of both. That's what I think, anyway. Although, some people might have hidden agendas with some of the things they do, without them knowing that they're doing it with a hidden agenda, if you know what I mean. Looking at myself, I think I'm pretty likely to be a person with hidden agendas. |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 7117/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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It depends... Do we have a "free will" or is it an illusion? If it's an illusion, then we have a fate. If not we don't. I honestly don't think that the future is set in stone. |
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Keitaro Iron Knuckle ウラシマ ケイタロウ Level: 54 Posts: 925/1342 EXP: 1201569 For next: 32301 Since: 03-15-04 From: Hinata, Japan Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 2 days |
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I'm sorta mixed....liiiiike....Yeah, you can make your own choices and all that stuff. But, it was fate that you made the choices that you did yeah, I know. I'm not making much sence...but that's what think | |||
Holy Knight Koopa Level: 16 Posts: 53/107 EXP: 19628 For next: 628 Since: 12-23-04 Since last post: 26 days Last activity: 25 days |
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I think we choose our destiny and everything that we do interacts with each and everything else in our enviroment. There is always a reason for everything even if we don't know what they are. | |||
knuck Hinox Banned until 19-58-5815: trolling, flaming, spamming, being a general fucktard... Level: 62 Posts: 1027/1818 EXP: 1894574 For next: 90112 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 9 hours |
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Originally posted by KeitaroI think EXACTLY like you. You can make choices, but in the end it was all set. |
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Xeolord - B l u e s - Power Metal > All Level: 81 Posts: 941/3418 EXP: 4884196 For next: 108653 Since: 03-15-04 From: Yeah Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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Free Will. I believe we each have our own fate, but depending on actions and choices we take, that fate can shift and change too a different path. So I basically believe destiny is an ever changing path that we follow. (edited by Xeogred on 01-06-05 12:21 PM) |
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Tamarin Calanis We exist. Earth exists. The universe exists. Do we really need to know why? Level: 59 Posts: 251/1802 EXP: 1672751 For next: 377 Since: 07-12-04 From: The gas station on the corner... Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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Read Xeo's post for my opinion on fate. I tried to type it out, but I kept confusing myself when I read over it. Xeo said it better, so read his post. As for people being inherently good or not... I think that people start on neither side. Their life, how people treat them, the choices they make, is what shapes what kind of person they become. |
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Jarukoth IRRATIONAL EXUBERENCE!!1! Level: 79 Posts: 2331/3194 EXP: 4402011 For next: 177456 Since: 03-17-04 From: New Jersey, U.S.A. Shoes: Yes. Since last post: 8 days Last activity: 1 day |
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I look at this as a type of "tree theory". At the beginning of your life, you start at the base of the tree. When you reach a choice, you reach a point where your tree branches off. From there, your tree can branch off in any number of ways, until you reach the very end of the branching. The end of your life. The end result, or the branches you took along the way, shape your life. This is just a metaphor I like to use to explain it. |
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Mr. F-Zero Paratroopa Level: 20 Posts: 94/158 EXP: 40634 For next: 1805 Since: 09-09-04 From: London Since last post: 176 days Last activity: 52 days |
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I'm mixed on this. I like to believe that we have own control over our fate and we decide what to do, and that there is no higher power. But at the same time I have a mindset that tells me that what I do is predetermined, or rather that everyone has an inherent... sort of luck, I guess you could say, or spirit, that ultimately shapes how people turn out. Their decisions are theirs, but the actions and consequences of such decisions are changed according to that person's 'luck' and the people around them that would be affected. I know that sounds weird but some people do seem to go through life without much in the way of troubles... And as for inherent evil and good... I think that a certain amount of bad or good is already in us from our genes, but again your overall 'luck' can change this, as well as those around us. But the set evil/good in us doesn't ever completely shift, there will always be a small amount of it through our lives. |
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Xeolord - B l u e s - Power Metal > All Level: 81 Posts: 945/3418 EXP: 4884196 For next: 108653 Since: 03-15-04 From: Yeah Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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Originally posted by Jarukoth That's basically what I was going for, but I think you summed it up more nicely. |
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Legion banning people for no reason sure is fun Level: 101 Posts: 3484/5657 EXP: 10399737 For next: 317938 Since: 03-15-04 From: The Crossroads is under attack! Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 5 days |
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Oh jeeze. There's no such thing as fate. Nothing you do has been planned out by a mysterious force ahead of time. We don't live in fairytale land. If I do something, it's because I wanted to and I made that choice. Not something or someone else. |
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Stifu Level: 28 Posts: 119/304 EXP: 129458 For next: 1880 Since: 03-16-04 From: Your mom's bed Since last post: 18 hours Last activity: 11 hours |
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I don't believe in fate, but even if it existed, it's still pointless and all the same... As we can't really predict anything. | |||
HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2841/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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From a purely scientific view I would have to say that fate is a ridiculous concept, but experience has taught me otherwise. I personally believe that you can choose most things, but some things will just happen no matter what. | |||
Reid Hardhat Beetle Level 50 Bitches. Level: 37 Posts: 376/558 EXP: 322182 For next: 16071 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 2 hours |
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To chose to do and action requires more then the thought of our presence on Earth. It requires the thought of something higher up to make that path and tell us to do it before we know what to do. At least that is how fate is set up for me. Even though I have no faith I beleive something else makes desicions for us and we cannot control it. | |||
Kefka Indefinitely Unbanned Level: 81 Posts: 2427/3392 EXP: 4826208 For next: 166641 Since: 03-15-04 From: Pomona, CALIFORNIA BABY! Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Originally posted by Jarukoth So the destination is set, but its just how you get there. Am I following? I think like a psycho, or at least I've been called such for thinking this way... Every choice you make leads off to a new branch, but it also creates a seperate universe based on the other choices you could have made at the time, and those universes have you making those choices. This goes for everyone that ever lived, so all in all, it truly means "everything that can happen has happened and will happen"... Man, that would be so cool if it was true! |
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