Do you believe in destiny?

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Not being terribly specific here.
Feel free to use your own definitions.

no not really

No. I'm a determinist in a loose sense, but I'm not a fatalist.

Sometimes probability. Never destiny"

No. I believe in the power of the individual. I can determine my own destiny.

Put it this way, I do not believe in luck or coincidence. Everything happens for a reason, even if it is something small coming out of something big. Civilisation has not progressed the way it has because it just happened. I would pick fate and destiny over chance any day.

I believe that there are people who are luckier than others, but not in a 'destiny' sort of way--more of a probabilistic sort of way. i.e. there are certain individuals who are happy, lucky, have an easy time making friends, etc. no due to any destiny, but rather, because from a statistical stand point, there should be a certain random portion of people who are luckier than others.
There were times in my life when I really wanted something and did everything to get it, and still didn't. Back then I felt it was due to a destiny of some sort, but I guess the real reason is that I am not one of those people who are lucky.

I think that I'm in charge of my destiny.

I do believe some things happen for some reason but you just don't know why but not everything.

There is no mystical influence directing the random events of the universe. Stuff just happens.

Human can influence it, but most of it is just chance and co-incidence. It up to us to give the experience meaning and to learn what we can from it.

.......................not any more.

I believe in the supreme power of God.

I do however believe in the occasional random coincidences and whatnot that sometimes happen.

For instance, today, a girl that I almost ended up dating, showed up at the college where I go. She went there last year, then left to go to a school a bit farther away from parents. ::Awkward:: we had a thing for each other for a while last semester, and it ended with me asking her out, which she said not then to. I ended up dating someone else, and didn't find out about her til middle of this year, from her mom. and right now I'm sorta going after another girl, and I just happened to have a rose and card for this friend in my hand, when I see the girl, and the person who I'm talking to, asks me why I have the worried look, I told her, that I thought I saw a ghost from my past, she looks and tells me it is her. At this point I'm just...."Awe crap," I know God has a sense of humor, after all he made the Giraffe and the platypus. I ended up talking with her for a few minutes, and it was all good. I'm not persona non gratis, she was happy to see me. It was just awkward.

So anyhow, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

I think most religions are just a drug to control people

I agree totally with Gamester. I believe that God has a plan for everyone.

I believe in the universe as a thriving mass of conscious energy. Which I guess could be described as 'God', or something similar. And I believe it has a plan for everyone.

That sounds all mystic spooky weird, but it's not.


I also don't believe in coincidence at all. And I do believe in fate/destiny obviously.


The way in which I meant my boyfriend is a fantastic example... a huge string of coincidences and 'chance' events that led to us meeting from opposite sides of the world and ending up together.