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Everything that happens is a direct result of an establishment formed by past occurrences...*snip
You were doing well up until you quoted The Doors.

When it comes to Free Will, I'm more on the fence in regards to it. Intuitively I know that Free Will shouldn't exist given the generally deterministic nature of reality, ...*snip* There's other tits bits in regards to quantum mechanics, which I barely understand, *snip*.

As for the whole destiny thing, I'm not buying it. If I did believe in a purely deterministic Universe then I would equate destiny to the inevitable outcome of events. As it stands I don't see much use in supposing outside interference or inference of purpose in people's lives...*snip*..Either everything is destiny or nothing is.
Snipped the parts I won't be responding to.

Is this a discussion on free will, or the inability to control events in/despite or free will? I disagree that free will exists -- not in the sense that we are free to do whatever we want (since there are ideas like social contracts and physical limitations), but at the same time I have to factor in that we are[may be] aware of infinite possibilities for each action (I can make all sorts of typos typing this sentence even though I typed it flawlessly!). That said, I don't think awareness of possibilities means those possibilities are all equally valid (ie we don't throw a D∞ every time we perform an action) - we're simply aware of it and it affects our interpretation of the consequences of results.

I interpret all events using this metaphor - you throw a bunch of rocks down a cliff - they bash into each other, and if you had enough information, you can predict in advance what has and will happen with the interactions, right up to the starting position(s) of the rocks. Events that we can measure that relates to 'determinism' occur in the macro universe, while events in the microscopic universe may be determined, but the accuracy becomes less and less so. Since the topic is related to meaningful, macroscopic destinies (ie whether you'll marry), I think it's all determined.

Of course this means everything that happens to me has no transcendant meaning (yay), stripping me of personal responsibility and merits! I'm liking this more and more