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Do you believe in destiny ?

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To aloner, i wtk if you have acknowledged that lung cancer was the result of your action - smoking, then what would u attribute your very first smoke to? You might say at this point that it was your decision. But try to imagine some other person in the same position who did differently, you may agree that the choice is the result of one of your pre-programmed tendencies, and if so, this particular tendency(destiny) was absent in this other person.

I think that what will be, has always been. There is nothing new under the sun.
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Posted Feb 28th, 2009 at 11:33AM
Can You Control Your Destiny?
IS OUR ultimate destiny predetermined? Do the choices we make in life have no effect on our future?
Suppose man is master of his own fate. In this case, could any individual be foreordained to perform a specific task or occupy a certain office? And how could God accomplish his will for the earth if humans were free to shape their own destiny? The Bible provides satisfying answers to these questions.
Predestination and Free Will—Reconcilable?
Consider how Jehovah God made us. “In God’s image he created [man]; male and female he created them,” states the Bible. (Genesis 1:27) Made in God’s likeness, we have the ability to reflect his qualities, such as love, justice, wisdom, and power. God has also given us the gift of free will, or freedom of choice. This makes us unique among his earthly creation. We can choose whether we will follow God’s moral guidance or not. That is why the prophet Moses could say: “I do take the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you today, that I have put life and death before you, the blessing and the malediction; and you must choose life in order that you may keep alive, you and your offspring, by loving Jehovah your God, by listening to his voice and by sticking to him.”—Deuteronomy 30:19, 20.
The gift of freedom of choice, though, does not mean absolute freedom. It does not free us from the physical and moral laws that God made for the stability and peace of the universe. These laws were set up for our good, and any violation of them could lead to serious consequences. Just think of what would happen if we chose to ignore the law of gravity and jumped off the roof of a tall building!—Galatians 6:7.
Freedom of choice also binds us with a restraint that creatures lacking such freedom do not have. The writer Corliss Lamont asks: “How can we attribute ethical responsibility to men, and punish them for wrongdoing, if we accept . . . that their choices and actions are predetermined?” Of course, we cannot. Instinct-driven animals are not held morally responsible for what they do, nor are computers deemed accountable for the functions they are programmed to perform. Freedom of choice, then, places upon us a heavy responsibility and makes us accountable for our actions.
How unloving and unjust Jehovah God would be if before we were born, he predetermined the course we would take and then held us responsible for our actions! He does not do this, for “God is love,” and “all his ways are justice.” (1 John 4:8; Deuteronomy 32:4) Having given us freedom of choice, he did not at the same time ‘determine from eternity whom he would save and whom he would damn,’ as believers in predestination assert. Freedom of choice precludes predestination.
The Bible clearly shows that the choices we make will alter our destiny. For example, God appeals to wrongdoers, saying: “Turn back, please, every one from his bad way and from the badness of your dealings . . . that I may not cause calamity to you.” (Jeremiah 25:5, 6) This appeal would be pointless if God had already fixed each individual’s destiny. Moreover, God’s Word states: “Repent, therefore, and turn around so as to get your sins blotted out, that seasons of refreshing may come from the person of Jehovah.” (Acts 3:19) Why would Jehovah ask people to repent and turn around if he knew beforehand that they could do absolutely nothing to change their destiny?
The Scriptures speak of some who are invited by God to rule as kings in heaven with Jesus Christ. (Matthew 22:14; Luke 12:32) However, the Bible says that they will lose that privilege if they do not endure to the end. (Revelation 2:10) Why would God invite them at all if he had already decided that they would not be chosen? Consider also the apostle Paul’s words to his fellow believers. He wrote: “If we practice sin willfully after having received the accurate knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left.” (Hebrews 10:26) Such a warning would be valueless if God had foreordained their destiny. But has not God foreordained at least some individuals to be rulers with Jesus Christ?
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Posted Feb 28th, 2009 at 7:11AM
I believe that one makes there destiny, not that it is predetermined by some cosmic entity.
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Posted Feb 28th, 2009 at 3:05PM
I belive that we can see into the future, which some would say means i believe in destiny, which is not true...Although we can see future events pan out, in ways we may not always agree with, its still within our power to change the path
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Posted Feb 28th, 2009 at 11:18AM
One who believes that they are void of influence to shape and direct their path, are correct.
Those who understand that they are the one's who chart the course and path where their life will lead are doing just that. The choices we make and the belief we have in our self direct our destiny.
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Posted Feb 28th, 2009 at 5:37AM
i definetly believe its a possibility =)
but thats jst me, im never certain about anything, and if i am im usually rong xD
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Posted Feb 28th, 2009 at 6:56AM
Nerr... We make our own. And were making a really s*** one! :(
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Posted Feb 28th, 2009 at 9:27AM
there is no such thing as destiny... what we are now or what happen to us now are the results of what we've done in the past... for an example i am a chain smoker and now i'm i had a lung cancer is this my destiny to have a lungs cancer or the result of my actions?...
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Posted Feb 28th, 2009 at 10:54AM
yes if it says the good things and no if it is bad things
I have to clear my mind. I have been confused by horoscopes.
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Posted Feb 28th, 2009 at 11:20AM
no,i believe in me as a builder of my own destiny,i can make it with my hand...
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