Is destiny real? Page 2

Started by waterelemental May 2nd, 2009 10:12 AM
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Is there such a thing as destiny

Seen May 24th, 2009
Posted May 23rd, 2009
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What about children that die during infancy of malnutrition, inherited diseases, etc.?
Bill Moyers asked Joseph Campbell a similarquestion in The Power of Myth:

Campbell: That's the helpful thing about the Indian idea of karma. Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.

Moyers: But what about chance? A drunken driver turns the corner and hits you. That isn't your fault. You haven't done that to yourself.

Campbell: From that point of view, is there anything in your life that did not occur as by chance? This is a matter of being able to accept chance. The ultimate backing of life is chance -- the chance that your parents met, for example! Chance, or what might seem to be chance, is the means through which life is realized. The problem is not to blame or explain but to handle the life that arises. Another war has been declared somewhere, and you are drafted into an army, and there go five or six years of your life with a whole new set of chance events. The best advice is to take it all as if it had been of your intention -- with that, you evoke the participation of your will.

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Seen October 26th, 2015
Posted May 10th, 2010
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I think that you create your own destiny, based on what you choose to say and do, and how you choose to act. Therefore, you don't really have a specific destiny created for you, and by changing how you act, you could change your destiny (....uh...-excuse the spelling-Ebeneezer Scrooge as an example maybe? But yeah, something along the lines of how he changed.)
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No, there isn't...

Because if there's destiny, it's like "nothing is surprising anymore" because we all have a destined fate.

I don't, and i don't wanna, believe in it.

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Of course there is destiny. If you do something today, it'll affect your future, whether it be good or bad. You can change it by intervening its course, through doing something opposite to what you're doing.
Your right-Something just controlls your life even though you could be doing what you want to,Destiny is like the path of your life changing whenever you do something bad or good. You may say im bonkers but i'll defend what i just said!

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Seen November 12th, 2016
Posted March 26th, 2010
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Human beings are so greatly influenced by external factors they cannot control that in many cases there seems to be an illusion of destiny.

Yes, we do have true free will when it comes down to it, but by manipulating external factors to a great enough degree, it is possible to influence people enough to achieve a desired result.

This is how it is possible for God to have a set plan for all of us without actually restricting our freedom - by changing variables and communicating with us.

Alexithymia~

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Seen January 10th, 2015
Posted June 3rd, 2012
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"Destiny IS set in stone, but only YOU can hold the chishel..."
That's so ... cheesy.

I don't really think about Destiny much, but I guess, if you really wanted to... you could change it. Willpower, and such.
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Seen November 25th, 2010
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That's so ... cheesy.
Lol I actually thought the quote was pretty good.
But yeah, I don't think about destiny much. The only reason I even mention it: because Star Wars has a lot of "destiny this, destiny that" in it. :/

Alexithymia~

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Posted June 3rd, 2012
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Lol I actually thought the quote was pretty good.
It made me cringe XD
You base your epiphanies on star wars? :D
Destiny is such an un-known thing. Like the after life. People believe different things. But none of us are actually sure.
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It made me cringe XD
You base your epiphanies on star wars? :D
Destiny is such an un-known thing. Like the after life. People believe different things. But none of us are actually sure.
No, I don't base my epiphanies on Star Wars, I'm just saying xD
And destiny is an unknown thing. Does destiny exist? Does it? DOES IT?! DOES IT??!!

Alexithymia~

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No, I don't base my epiphanies on Star Wars, I'm just saying xD
And destiny is an unknown thing. Does destiny exist? Does it? DOES IT?! DOES IT??!!
Just saying!! XD
Does it? DOES IT? Don't know. Exist? People talk about destiny a lot but.. what is it? A place? A happening? An object? Ahh?
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My evil little world....
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Posted April 20th, 2010
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I have my knowledge....from within myself. I can feel the POWER erupting from me, the Uber. Muhahahahamuahahahhahhahuahahahahamuahahahahahahah!!!!!!! >:]

*clears throat* Gotta stay on topic, though. My little episode there is over. =D
Destiny is an unseen thing, like germs. According to most people, destiny determines your future: e.g. your occupation, how you die. If destiny exists, it can be changed by free will. Since I'm a Christian, I guess God controls our destiny. But God will not mess with our free will.

Just my three cents.

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Inside yourself? Where? In your stomach?
Germs can be seen though. Just not to the naked eye. Under a microscope and in a petri dish, you can see bacteria as clear as day. Destiny has never been seen. It won't, anyway.
So God controls your destiny, but not your free will? So actually YOU are controlling your destiny. If you use your free will then you can change your destiny right?
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My evil little world....
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Posted April 20th, 2010
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Well, if you just sat there all day doing nearly nothing (except eat and sleep) I guess your destiny is pretty much going downhill.
But you're right. In a way, you do control your own destiny, but before you head off, God knows what's going to happen to you 20 years from now.
So God knows, but He doesn't mess with free will.