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Atheists- do you believe in fate- kismet- destiny?
please use at least 300 words to be considered for BA. Copy and Paste Christians can stay out of it...this is between me and this group of infecteds right now.
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- Elsie TreizeLv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
I have a BA already, thank you.
I believe that our genetic code, and the way we are raised, is a sort of destiny. It's not always set at birth. We can set off in a certain direction, and then change course.
If you are a child of tall, strong, parents, you might train to be an olympic athlete in the high jump for example. If you have one parent who is a doctor and the other a lawyer, maybe you'll become a lawyer who specializes in medical malpractice suits.
I was slender and not too tall as a child and I wanted to be a ballerina. I worked part time as a dance teacher for 3 years, going to about 4 different locations each week. I didn't like traveling around, and I had very little income in the summer. So I ended up working full time as a library technician.
- Who aren't you?Lv 79 years ago
If we had the ability to predict all the physical word and understand quantum mechanics fully-- Yes. I would say things are predetermined. However according to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, we can't observe all those tiny changes, and perhaps we don't understand the deeper and smaller ones, without effecting the result, so there is no way we can predict the future.
I do believe the concept of fate is flawed though. Human brains have evolved to start to process concepts rather than things that don't apply to us. Fate is more like a way to justify things such as superstition, and superstition is our pattern recognition making false strong connections.
Things happen, and whether fate exists or not, it doesn't matter, because if it exists, we can't look into the future, as it would be our fate to look into the future, and would mean that we saw the future already in our future and there would be no point, as merely looking would destroy the purpose of looking into the future to change it.
In short, it doesn't really matter.
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- TrAtheistLv 79 years ago
Fate is what happens to you.
Destiny is what you do with it.
Not necessary to use 300 words when simplifying concepts.
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- ?Lv 45 years ago
such as you, i'm an atheist who rejects imaginary deities and who thinks the super Bang concept is the basically right available clarification of the inspiration of the universe. additionally such as you, i think of there's a factor of destiny or luck to how issues ensue to coach out. the complication with the term destiny is that it implies a supernatural reason. In a international of superstitious solipsists, destiny is brought about by way of unspecified mysterious forces previous our administration. in this context, destiny is frequently presumed to be contained in the palms of the gods (or God.) In a international of rational objectivists, random activities can alter outcomes, so luck is the element which finally determines our destiny. i think of you have got your cake and consume it too. the actual question is, what's the basically right clarification for destiny? ...Divine intervention, or basically undeniable dumb luck?
- Anonymous9 years ago
well, using at least 300 words, I do not believe in fate.
There: as per your request, i used the phrase "at least 300 words" in my answer.
- ?Lv 79 years ago
300 words to say 'No, of course not. There is ample evidence that things happen to people randomly and very arrogant to suppose that there is some huge power interested in what we do and choreographing our lives' Nope, not gonna make it.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Some atheists do. Most (I hope) don't, because there is no evidence for it.
The only thing atheists have in common is their lack of belief in god. Nothing more, nothing less.
However, if they are atheist by logic, reason, and critical thinking, than they wouldn't believe in those things...