Ironworks Gaming Forum - View Single Post - Fate and Destiny... do you believe in it?

Sazerac · 05-20-2002, 02:13 PM

As far as "events" go, no, I don't think anything is "fated." I do believe fate per se exists, since it pretty well sets up the circumstances you are born with. A person who is born blind, or mentally deficient, or into a rich household, etc., did not exercise "free will" to enter into such an environment, so in that case, their circumstances are "fated". However, whatever they do with their circumstances and resources is their own free will.

It's like the Indian (eastern, not Native American) sages' proverb: "Fate is the hand you're dealt; Free Will is how you choose to play the hand."

-Sazerac

05-20-2002, 02:13 PM	#13
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 62 Posts: 7,387	As far as "events" go, no, I don't think anything is "fated." I do believe fate per se exists, since it pretty well sets up the circumstances you are born with. A person who is born blind, or mentally deficient, or into a rich household, etc., did not exercise "free will" to enter into such an environment, so in that case, their circumstances are "fated". However, whatever they do with their circumstances and resources is their own free will. It's like the Indian (eastern, not Native American) sages' proverb: "Fate is the hand you're dealt; Free Will is how you choose to play the hand." -Sazerac __________________ "And all my days are trances, and all my nightly dreams, Are where thy grey eye glances, and where thy footstep gleams, In what ethereal dances, by what eternal streams..."