Q: "Do you believe that we have a chance to change our destiny, our fate?"
It depends on how you look at fate. We only have one existance on earth (that we are aware of,) and I personally think of this as our fate, and that it has potential to take a variety of twists and turns. The knowledge of whether or not we can change our fate is unimportant, because, ultimately we can only occupy one space at any given moment in time, and wherever we end up at any given moment is our fate. Unless we were to invent a time machine, each choice we make is permanent, and irreversable, and therefore our fate. I don't necessarily think that our fate is predetermined, but if it is, I suppose it wouldn't really matter, unless we were to have the knowledge of what is to come. Would you feel any differently about your life if you were told that the events that will occur tomorrow, will indeed occur tomorrow, without your knowing what those events enatil? Probably not. In response to the question, I belive that the choices we make do affect our overall fate, but not necessarily in the way we indend them to. We live in a certain amount of uncertainty. Very seldom do our choices yield the results we expect. I think an important aspect of fate is our our choices correspond with nature, and the choices of other people and things. One could argue that fate is the overlapping, mingling, and conflicting interaction of the choices of others- along with their results, and further interactions. Even if fate is predetermined, all of these happenings are necessary to yield the final outcome.
Why are humans intimidated by the idea of predetermined fate? Are they? Why/why not?
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