benpottier Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 Is Fate/Destiny predetermined, what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_One Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 no, it is not. However, you cant change the future from what it will be, because what it will be is defined as the outcome of whatever you do. So whatever you do just makes the future into what it is going to be! The_One Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybob Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 well i believe it is and it isnt.. to some extent fate is preordained.. i think we as individuals have some control over what occurs.. otherwise life would be nothing more than a story thats signficance is nullified. however i think a notion of fate would be acceptable whereby larger events eg: ww2, great depression etc are inevitable.. the exact dates they occur, even some of the reasons for them would be interchangeable.. yet there is a force driving everyone toward a common goal, i feel a real sense of inevitability about many things.. surely there would be severe repercussions in changing the fate of mankind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpottier Posted August 28, 2003 Author Share Posted August 28, 2003 But if you have seen the future then technically you can change it because you have seen an option of future and are given the choice to choose another (this is if you could see the future). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_One Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 how can you change what you saw? What you change it to would be what you saw in the beginning, since what you saw is the future and when you look back you would still see the future. Its like the paradox of the past. You cant change the past, because the past has already existed. If you changed it to another past, a different you would exist, and you wouldnt have gone back and changed the past, but then you WOULD have gone back, but then you wouldnt... The_One PS by the way, you cannot see "versions of the future", thats only in movies. There is one future, defined as the outcome of the events of the present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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