Dingo Jellybean
05-13-2004, 04:06 AM
Believe in luck? Fate?
Personally, I'm in between both. Although yes, I am an atheist, I'm torn between picking the two. Like winning the lottery, we talk about that being luck. While some who win thinks they were destined to win it.
I hate to believe in fate because I feel everyone should be able to control their own lives, but for some who try to control their own lives I feel should deserve a little luck. Luck and fate are just one of those abstract things...you always wonder, but you never truly know. And I mean NEVER TRULY KNOW. I don't care who you are or how religious you are, no one I mean NO ONE can tell the difference between fate and luck. We can take an attempted guess, but we'll never know for sure.
We say that those with degrees earn 1 mil more than those with high school degrees. Yet there are a few with high school diplomas that earn millions upon millions, and those with degrees sometimes never pan out to much in life. Either it was just by chance that the person wasn't meant to succeed or s/he was never meant to succeed because it was pre-determined.
I mean we believe the saying "What comes around goes around", but is that really true? I'm sure there are tons of murderers who end up dying naturally long after they enjoyed a luxurious life. Then there are humantitarians who have their houses blown away by hurricanes. Do bad and good people ever truly get what they deserve? Or is deserve also another abstract term? It's tough to say. I mean part of me wishes that someone I like, I'm destined to be with...while sometimes I don't study hard and hope I luck out on the exam and get a good grade.
But eh...I'm just in between.
Personally, I'm in between both. Although yes, I am an atheist, I'm torn between picking the two. Like winning the lottery, we talk about that being luck. While some who win thinks they were destined to win it.
I hate to believe in fate because I feel everyone should be able to control their own lives, but for some who try to control their own lives I feel should deserve a little luck. Luck and fate are just one of those abstract things...you always wonder, but you never truly know. And I mean NEVER TRULY KNOW. I don't care who you are or how religious you are, no one I mean NO ONE can tell the difference between fate and luck. We can take an attempted guess, but we'll never know for sure.
We say that those with degrees earn 1 mil more than those with high school degrees. Yet there are a few with high school diplomas that earn millions upon millions, and those with degrees sometimes never pan out to much in life. Either it was just by chance that the person wasn't meant to succeed or s/he was never meant to succeed because it was pre-determined.
I mean we believe the saying "What comes around goes around", but is that really true? I'm sure there are tons of murderers who end up dying naturally long after they enjoyed a luxurious life. Then there are humantitarians who have their houses blown away by hurricanes. Do bad and good people ever truly get what they deserve? Or is deserve also another abstract term? It's tough to say. I mean part of me wishes that someone I like, I'm destined to be with...while sometimes I don't study hard and hope I luck out on the exam and get a good grade.
But eh...I'm just in between.