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[milanbaros]

Until recently I have not believed in fate i.e. out path is laid out before us, believing it to be a religious idea.

However, I must have been wrong there because fate implies that choce and free will is an illusion because we have no control on the events that will take place in the future. And Christianity at least says that human's have choice, hence evil etc.

I then began to think of whether fate existed. I came to believe it was, but making two large asssumptions.

i) Nothing is random, most importantly chemical recations etc

ii) Our conscious is based on the make up of our brain.

I tend to believe nothing is random despite cases where it is practically impossible to predict what will happen.

We make 'choices' in our conscious (is that what I mean?) and our conscious is based on the make up our brain. If the make up of the brain wasn't random, then even out choices aren't, as in, even though we believe we can do this but choose to do that, our brain means that we will have never done the other option.

If this is the case then everything is already laid out but in an unimaginable complex web.

What are your thoughts on fate? And please pick holes in my argument.

 

[Boogie]

http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=26242

 

[Lucky Forward]

There are those who think that life has nothing left to chance,
A host of holy horrors to direct our aimless dance.

A planet of playthings,
We dance on the strings
Of powers we cannot perceive
"The stars aren't aligned,
Or the gods are malign..."
Blame is better to give than receive.

Chorus
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill;
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose freewill.

There are those who think that they were dealt a losing hand,
The cards were stacked against them; they weren't born in Lotusland.

All preordained
A prisoner in chains
A victim of venomous fate.
Kicked in the face,
You can't pray for a place
In heaven's unearthly estate.

Chorus

Each of us
A cell of awareness
Imperfect and incomplete.
Genetic blends
With uncertain ends
On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet.

Chorus


Freewill - Rush

 

[Drinky Crow]

Oh, Jesus, Rush. Teenaged Libertarians don't hold the quaint charm for me that they did ten years ago.

Anyway, http://www.playfate.com

 

[ToyMachine228]

I believe in fate somewhat...You can do whatever you want, but there's certain things that are just meant for you, that are going to happen anyway.