Fate

[Inna]

The simple thing is there are many fates and each road or choice has an outcome. The outcomes are already determined and already there. We just act and make choices of which outcome we choose.

I agree with you on this one. That had always been my philosophy, but I thought it was more destiny, rather than fate. (not that I really know the difference since no one has answered my initial question)

[Darorinag]

How do you know we aren't pre-programmed to act a certain way? i.e. that we're not robots?

[fIReBuRntInHeLL]

i hate fate
fate ruined my life

[DvlzAdvocate]

It is very simple you guys, fate is basically what was "ment" to be right? And what is ment to be we have no knowledge of. So if we have no knowledge of what is ment to be then why would fate be so hard to belive in? What is going to happen will happen, and whether you change it from happening or not you will never know which is "ment" to happen. It is really simple, fate is not asking you to belive in it, it is just there.

[töö____müch]

Does it exist?

I want to know your views on fate...destiny.. do you think that each one of us is here for a purpose..?

I don't mean just in the love sense. Like your fate is to be with someone or whatever (although you can feel free to talk about that too).

I believe in fate to a certain extent. I don't think it's all-encompassing. It doesn't own us. We get signs and make our choices accordingly. Sometimes we miss the signs. Sometimes we make the wrong choice. Sometimes we make the right choice. It's the choices we make that are fate. It's this whole thing to do with understanding why we're here and what we're made for, I guess, that the signs and our choices lead us towards.

Thoughts?

Well Anon. answered to this with details .. and i agree with him ..exept that i would like to add some things ..
ok what i learned is that ur fate is already decided .. by ur actions of course .. so whatever u do now ..it will decide how ur future will be .. ok but if we want to go just a little deeper .. there are things u've done long time ago .. maybe a few life times ago so those actions "good or bad" will come back to you untill to some point where there will be nothing left .. "this is another subject, so i wont talk about it here" ..
so when u think that u have free will .. by this i understand that you can only choose from what is there for you .. nothing more .. and the outcome from this choice is fate ..
ok and one more thing .. lets say u r so bad, evil .. whatever .. but good things keep on happening to you .. so you wonder why? .. this is the outcome of previous actions made by you "in past lives" .. so if you dont add on those good actions some good actions, sooner or latter it will finish .. and guess what will be left ..
almost all the religions believe in "As you sow, so you reap" but we have diffrent versions of this saying .. like Jesus said " Dont do what you dont want someone else do to you" .. so the point is do good ..
about the purpose that we are here .. it's to be happy .. so to be happy you have to do a lot of things .. that's the purpose ..
In love .. lets say u've hurt someone .. well guess what it will come back to you .. maybe now maybe later .. maybe weaker maybe stronger .. u have the power "power is the actions that you do, who decides ur fate in anything" ..
i guess by killing someone then praying wont be enough .. so here the goverment gives u some time in prison for that .. and if that wasnt enough .. again u and only u created a bad situation for urself in future .. so dont blame fate when fate is only made by you ..

And soon I'll create a thread for the people who are interested in knowing something about theire past, present and future .. I'll explain in the thread ..

[loseyourname]

If that's the definition of fate, then fate is meaningless. Of course something will happen to you.

I was under the impression that fate meant something that must happen to you, no matter what you do or what you choose, like prophecy. Take the synoptic gospels, for example. Jesus tells Peter that he will deny that he knows him three times. This is fated. Peter cannot do anything that will cause him to not deny Jesus three times.

[töö____müch]

Jesus was one with God, so it's normal for him to see the fate of others .. so he said what he saw in the fate of peter ..

[töö____müch]

and you cant change fate that easally .. try

[töö____müch]

U guys are free to believe whatever you find it ok .. but since this is giving opinions .. etc so that's mine and not only mine mine ..

[loseyourname]

I was actually writing in reponse to Anonymouse. To be honest, I didn't even read your post.