Do you believe in fate?

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 :(
 
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.
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Do you look before you cross the road?
 
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.
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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?
 
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?
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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?
 
Sure, I am not stupid. However, the day I don't look the God of Fate & Chance may bite me in the ass.
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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?
 
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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?
 
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.
 
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?
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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 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?
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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?
 
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