Thursday, September 11, 2008

Fate and Stuff

I believe that free will, destiny, and determinism all intertwine. However, each of them can have an effect on the other. For instance, what is encoded in your DNA and how you are raised (determinism) will influence what choices you make when you're on your own, but your DNA isn't going to tell you to go left instead of right at the intersection. Another example would be that your destiny is an ending, the main thing to accomplish in your life, but you have to use your free will to get to the destination, the journey is not predetermined. Free will, destiny, and determination all guide you through life, each one affecting the way, however slight, you do things. Each relies on the other to help every person go through life, pushing them to their final destination. If you remove one, then the entire formula of life falls apart. They are all completely necessary.