My DD is reading Oedipus The King in freshman English. As a prep for the assignment, her teacher had them research free will and fate. They had to decide which one they felt most influenced their lives.
So ladies - is your life determined by free will, fate or maybe a combination?
Definately a combination. I do the best I can with the hand I've been dealt.
Combination, depends on what you mean by fate....
I have free will, that means others do too, their choices can influence my life...
I'm going with free will mostly. That's not limited to MY free will though.
Free will is me making the decisions. Fate is something that is predetermined. I feel my life is directed by both.
"Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification" Romans 14:19
I'd agree with you - after all we all will die one day (fate) but what you do with your life in between is up to you (free will)
a combination. sometimes you have no control over things that happen and your choices you make also determine how your life turns out.
I don't feel they cancel each other out.
If a mother sees her child walking over to a bowl of candy, she knows what that child will do... That doesn't mean the child is not making their own choice
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- ProudMom9799
on Feb. 14, 2012 at 10:12 AM