Fate

[denuseri]

Fate doesnt nessesarally mean a divinity is involved btw.

[Thorne]

Fate doesnt nessesarally mean a divinity is involved btw.

Not explicitly,perhaps, but it does imply some kind of supernatural force which is directing our lives. Except for the final fate of death, which we all must face eventually, I can see nothing to suggest that such a force is acting on the world. We make our own fates, making choices which affect the paths we trod. Believing that you are "fated" to be poor or rich, famous or obscure, or any other "fate" which you can come up with, is only making excuses.

True, sometimes these paths can be diverted by outside forces. A hurricane or tornado destroying your home, a thief attacking you, a traffic accident. All these and more can alter our desired paths, but there is nothing to show that they are predestined. So it would be necessary to propose some form of supernatural agency which is directing our lives if you want to believe that our fates are written in stone.