Is your life predetermined?

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Y2Jasmine

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OK just a question I know alot of people have different opinions on.

Do you believe that your life is predetermined and that we choose what happens to us before we are born?

Or do you make your own destiny? And your life is what you make it, based on things you do and the choices you make?
 

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ummmm no. theres no way it could be predetermined.
 

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^ Yeah, there's no way dude. We choose ourselves.
 

the dark knight

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ummmm no. theres no way it could be predetermined.
fuck yea

now you can say that "god" knows whats gonna happen in our future. but it does not mean he's choosing our destiny...YOU choose your destiny *dances with mortal kombat's theme song*
 

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THats usually the arguement. People who believe it God will claim that since God knows all, he knows our future, therefore it must be pre-determined therefore if I beleieve it doesn't matter what I do, or anything because its pre-determined and therefore I'll be okay and goto heaven or whatever it is you believe.

However, even the Bible states that God gave us free will. This would mean that we do choose our own destineys. But to put it in a less religious aspect think about it this way. If you believe in phsycics, does that mean that life is pre-determined? No. Why do people goto phsycics? To find out the future. If life was pre-determined, it should matter to you whats going to happen, its going to happen no matter what. People goto phsycics to hear there future. If they like what they hear they do whatever they can to make it happen. If they don't to do whatever they can to avoid it. If they still avoid it trying to make it happen well they just play it off as well I knew too much about my future.

Now I don't believe in phsycics, I do believe we were given free will....however I do believe in God and I do believe that when it says God know all, it doesn't mean he knows what choices I'm going to make to determin my own destiney, I believe it means that God knows all the possible outcomes of my choices. Meaning he knows what my destiney holds for me, should I choose to goto work, or should I choose not to show up at all. He knows both outcomes he knows what choices would come from that previous choice and the outcomes of all those choices. But he lets me make those choices for myself.
 
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I wonder somethimes, but I agree, whatever higher power there is gave us free will, so he wouldn't pick our destinies for us.
 

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^ Yeah, there's no way dude. We choose ourselves.

so when u were a fetus, you chose your parents? your hair color. eye color. height. weight. look?

i believe some things are, and some things arent.

like i'll never be 7ft tall, no matter how much i try to change my "destiny"

and i know my dick will never be smaller than 12 inches, thank god
 
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I personally believe I pick my own path. It's a little freaky to think of myself as some higher powers puppet.
 

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Everything happens for a reason. It may be a cliche (sp) but I firmly believe that. Now, when people say God knows what will happen, they take it in a completely wrong way, God knows what YOU choose to do, he knows if a man will kill someone, but, he gave this person free will, his punishment comes when he eventually dies, though he lives for a bit longer this man will GO TO HELL. If we didn't have free will our lives would be pointless and we would walk around to a script, or...in your words "Predetermined."

God knows what will happen, but we have free will. Difficult to understand? Well the word isn't as simple as you may think.
 

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It is not predetermined because of the simple fact that it is impossible that your life is already planned out before you are born. God gave us free will which means that we determine our futures. As I said, I dont get how your life can be predetermined, it isnt realistic and doesnt make much sence at all