Do you believe in fate?

LordSplodge · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:11

yantorsen said:
your talking about death?

No, I am talking about the path through life...

Spyhop · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:13

I fear that some people in here might be the type to argue with me that the colloquial use of Sod's Law is more than a whimsical concept

yantorsen · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:14

LordSplodge said:
No, I am talking about the path through life...

oh I see, what makes you think that we will definatly do certain things?

and to Nix or Nitefly, just because something isn't random, doesn't mean it has a purpose, I don't see where you get that from.

Spyhop · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:15

We are all servants to the Gods of Fate & Chance.

Or in other words we have free choice in what we do but sooner or later we will go down the path fate has chosen for us.

Do you look before you cross the road?

LordSplodge · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:15

yantorsen said:
oh I see, what makes you think that we will definatly do certain things?
.

'tis just part of my beliefs.

yantorsen · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:17

LordSplodge said:
'tis just part of my beliefs.

Fair enough

Nitefly · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:19

yantorsen said:
and to Nix or Nitefly, just because something isn't random, doesn't mean it has a purpose, I don't see where you get that from.

Lets assume I was on a Bus journey. I get off, then suddenly a car slams into the bus. I would have certainly be injured if I didn't move when I did.

What do you make of that situation?

LordSplodge · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:19

wush said:
Do you look before you cross the road?

Sure, I am not stupid. However, the day I don't look the God of Fate & Chance may bite me in the ass.

Nitefly · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:21

LordSplodge said:
Sure, I am not stupid. However, the day I don't look the God of Fate & Chance may bite me in the ass.

The day you didn't look was the day stupidity bit you in the arse, whether you had an accident or not.

tomanders91 · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:22

imo its all in the breasts

yantorsen · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:22

Nitefly said:
Lets assume I was on a Bus journey. I get off, then suddenly a car slams into the bus. I would have certainly be injured if I didn't move when I did.

What do you make of that situation?

It's not fate, you got off the Bus when you felt the time was right, which may or may not have been interupted by people wanting to get off the bus at the same time as you thus getting in your way etc...

The car was not looking or didn't react time, so hit you. This may have happened because he was listening to music, on a phone etc....

what makes it fate?

Spyhop · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:22

Sure, I am not stupid. However, the day I don't look the God of Fate & Chance may bite me in the ass.

And what about the car driver who doesn't have the chance to avoid your stepping out and ends up wrapped around a lamp post?

Samione · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:24

I don't believe in fate or luck. I don't see any reason to, the belief that there is a 'path' my life might follow that is already set out for me, smacks of delusions of grandeur; who said our existance is actually that important?

Nitefly · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:35

yantorsen said:
what makes it fate?

Nothing

loopstah · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:38

If by fate you mean is everything we do predetermined then yes I believe in fate. I also believe in free will so I get the best of both worlds.

GreenMint · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:38

Simple answer: Yes, I do.

LordSplodge · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:39

wush said:
And what about the car driver who doesn't have the chance to avoid your stepping out and ends up wrapped around a lamp post?

Maybe it was his fate to meet me in such a way? Maybe it was my role to cause their death? I don't know.

Maybe the Gods don't play dice after all?

LordSplodge · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:40

Nitefly said:
The day you didn't look was the day stupidity bit you in the arse, whether you had an accident or not.

Stupidity bites me a lot...

However stupidity != fate

Samione · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:40

LordSplodge said:
Maybe it was his fate to meet me in such a way? Maybe it was my role to cause their death? I don't know.

Maybe the Gods don't play dice after all?

Maybe it wasn't, maybe fate is actually a construct devised entirely by the human mind and it's tendancy to want explanations for events in their lives?

Raymond Lin · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:42

I didn't until feb 2004, when i met a girl.