Freewill vs Destiny and Science vs Religion essays

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05/25/2011

Free-will vs. destiny

For thousands of year, since the birth of human civilization, humans have always wondered what their place in this world is. They have always wanted to discover what it was that their life was meant for. Many different people have believed many different things. The most important theories about our lives are the concepts of destiny and of freewill.

This has always been a popular movie theme; the person that fights destiny and makes his own decision out of his freewill in order to change his and everyone else’s destiny. Some people believe that if you do not believe in destiny you will not be affected by it. Would it matter if the choices you make are not controlled but the end result of your life is the same? In the world there are billions of people, all of which have different lives. If someone is addicted to drugs or alcohol was it really their fault? Is it predetermined that someone will be addicted to drugs? If it were discovered that destiny was real what would people do? Would they just decide to stop trying and to stop Is it easier for people to blame everything wrong on destiny and god? In the world there are people that try to manipulate things to their advantage. Are the manipulators we encounter really manipulating or are they being manipulated themselves? Have we ever made a real choice?

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What if destiny is real? Are all the choices we make useless? Are we going to end up in the same location no matter what we do? If destiny is real have we ever really made a choice in life? What is reality if what we believe to be real truly isn’t? How can we find out what is real and what isn’t? Who determines our destinies? If there is a God does he determine how everyone’s destiny will be? If God is the being that determines our destiny why does s/he make certain people in the world suffer so ...

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