Do you believe in fate?

Yes. Everything happens for a reason. Wish I knew who was in control though.

Yes, I think ASBT and I were brought together by fate. Fate has played a big part of many aspects of my life.

I have had too many things that have happened that fate could only be the explination for not to believe in it!!!!!!!!!!

I second that Cain.

nope

I believe we may engage in certain actions which may result in a having a particular fate. I do not believe in pre-destiny as laid out by some cosmic grandfather or a bunch of hemp weaving tarts.

Yes, sometimes. Its those little weird instances that occur in your life. Like for example: I was unemployed for a while and one day I decided to get out of the house. I was on the tube and for some reason I decided to get off at Queensway station. I wondered if this was something significant. I got out and walked up a particular road and then had the option of turning left or right. I turned right and carried on walking until I came to a dull area and another station.

I thought - my god what a waste of time! 2 months later I got I applied for a job local to me and after two weeks there was recruited to work in the head office. On my first day (and subsequentally) I had to get off at Queensway station, walk up the road and turn right!

Yeah, but not in the sense that everything is governed by fate. I believe that major events like: this person will be born at this time to these parents, or die at this time...not stuff like: I will have sardines for lunch today or miss the bus...

Not as such, no. But we do all share the same fate (death).

there are 2 requirements in life you have no control over death and taxes

Only when it works for me.

"I can't believe you failed math!"
"It wasn't my fault...it was fate!"

**giggles**

LOL

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I think some things are prone to happen, but not destined to.

I'm really not sure, I don't think so, though. Good question. I tend to think of more like there are synergies that could happen, but if you're head-strong, or stuck in your own little world, you miss them.

Most of the fate stories seem to star with something like- "I would normally take the bus to work, but for some reason I decided to walk today, and then..." I figure people who would get that urge that say "walk to work today" but shake it off and ignore it (or be too busy or stressed to even hear it in the first place), will miss whatever thing that might have happened if they had changed their plans.

I don't have a really coherent, articulate idea about where those little voices come from... something like a conscious universe with a predilection for certain kinds of events, and human beings, as subsets of that universe but with our own consciousness, can act in accordance with that predilection, or not.

yeah, that, too.

I believe that everything that happens in this world is very closely interwoven. So fate isn't questioned in my mind. It actually is what keeps me sane, besides believing in the afterlife. Whenever I'm knocked down and something bad happens, I always make myself think: "Because of my heinous day, somewhere else in the world someone has just sold his screenplay and will be able to help his mother with money; and somewhere else in the world someone was just in a car accident. Tomorrow, other things will happen and that'll mean I can have a great day". Sounds crazy but it's true

Sometimes, I do believe certain things are predetermined and are meant to be

Sort of. Sometimes, certain things seem more than just a coincidence.

cuz otherwise someone is out to get me.

Yes... I'm a hopeless romantic, I cant help myself.

........Say moosey fate

I don't believe in it, though life sometimes makes me wonder why things go like they go.

No, the future hasnt happened yet, and so much of it is entirely down to chance.

someone ask deprovin if she got a Pug yet....... Please!!

You're just begging to meet the Moose!

Sometimes. I'm not very logical about it, because I believe in free will, but I also believe in things that were "meant to be". Go figure.

Prepare your bladder for imminent release!

i believe that what is supposed to happen does happen and has happened. there are no accidents, a lesson and a reason for everything, no matter what it is. so if you want to call this "fate", then so be it

I believe in the fate that I will one day marry Britney Spears!

Joel

oh yea... And im not a stalker (:

Gives you all the fickle finger of fate award.

I depends what your defintion of fate is. I think that everything that ever happens is just random. It's not meant to happen, it just does.

No. Not everything happens for a reason. Some things just happen. There are accidents. Some people go through life thinking that every event has some hidden message or meaning behind it. I can't see how that's productive, unless it serves to keep from becoming pessimistic or depressed.

Yes. Yes I DO believe in fate.

A certain ability to predict the future (not magically, just an AMAZING intuition that our minds can usually tell what's going to happen) (subconsciously (if it were conscious it would interfere with our abillity to live 'in the moment' and wouldn't be adaptive), can occasionally manifest itself in a feeling of fate. For instance I recall a handful of stories along the lines of 'Me and Joe got on the airplane and sat down. I talked to the Stewardess for a few minutes when she brought me my coffee and she walked away. I turned to Joe and said 'Joe, that's the girl I'm going to marry'.'

It is going to seem like 'fate' that they met on that plane, and that they eventually got married... but, more realistically, it was just a coincidence, and the subject could tell subconsciously that both he and the stewardess were having extreme emotional reactions (based on a number of non-verbal and unintentional communications which occur), he assessed from her tone and posture that she was single, he was at a point in his life where he was ready to be married and he assessed from her age and behavior that she was too... etc. etc. etc. We know a lot more than we realize we know, our brains don't present all the evidence to our conscious minds, it would be too... complicated... we'd be too edgy, too neurotic, trying to sort it all. Interestingly highly intelligent people have just that problem... they are edgy and neurotic. The classic case of the absent minded professor... No one ever said particularly high intelligence was an adaptive trait. In fact, I assume that PARTICULARLY high intelligence probably is considered UNATTRACTIVE by potential mates. Not without good cause, either. A sharp wit, however, a much more useful manifestation of mental capacity, is attractive. I wish I could trade some of my raw intelligence for a sharper wit.

In any event, if we consciously were aware of EVERY factor which went into a decision, it would detract from our decision making ability. So instead the subconscious mind tidies it up. It sends EMOTIONS forward and 'HUNCHES' and 'INTUITIONS', as opposed to well backed up logical thoughts... for instance, you might be able to just 'tell' that a girl likes you but you couldn't articulate why... or perhaps you couldn't even articulate that you think she likes you, yet, still, you respond to this evidence by asking her out when you normally wouldn't have. This is also why when you try to consciously 'write out' a decision, and list all the up and down sides to doing it or not doing it, you are exercising a poor decision making tactic... many of the factors which do play into the decision are not conscious, they are merely unarticulable hunches!

(Blushes). Inarticulable.

Emotions, hunches, and intuitions are sometimes misleading and inaccurate. A lot of times, it's best to let rationality kick in and back up what hunches are saying. How many times do guys say "That's the woman I'm going to marry" and he turns out to be wrong?

When I hear people say they have a 'weird feeling' about someone, ("I can't say why, but they seem suspicious") it makes me want to roll my eyes.

I'd say there is an... inordinate... occurance of cases where he was right. We assess relationships with other people using largely subconscious (inarticulable) cues.

We usually don't have 'Reasons' for another person, we have 'feelings for them' or 'appreciation' or we are 'upset by them'. Etc. Of course, there are REASONS FOR THESE FEELINGS but they are subconscious. See? Sometimes you can tell someone is nervous but if you had to spell out exactly why it would be tough. You can occasionally tell that there is 'something' between two people but explaining it would be rough.

In science hunches aren't too good. IN social life they are wonderful.

I know. A lot of times, hunches are right. I'm just saying that the chance of misperceiving is still there, so it's best to stop and think about a hunch, after you have one. Especially if you plan to act on it.

I've been told (on several occasions) to "Cheer up, it can't be THAT bad" by people who had absolutely no idea what I was thinking. And get this... I wasn't even in a bad mood. That got really old, really fast. It was downright annoying. I've been misperceived by hunches too often. I've seen other people misperceived as well. I'm really big on thinking twice.

I believe in fate! There are signs everywhere :)

You sound very definite on that........

Indeed! There are too many "coincidences" to be, well, just coincidental.

fate fate fate lifes a dog isn't it

I believe that fate is honestly up to God, and the plan that he has for each individual.

I rule my own life dammit

well i Beleive we can change our fate but god allready has it planed for us so yes

I believe in the rule of Karma and that you cant believe in karma without believing in fate. the world is full of horrible people who perform hanies acts who eventually get there redemption. That is what i believe. i am not preaching my religion ( I was baptised as a catholic but have abandoned it to be an atheist, i believe in a higher power, but i think it is not god.) i am merely stating my opinion. if you dont like it, oh well.

Yes. We all have a fate. That fate is changed with everything we say and do, but we still have a fate.

I think it was meant for me to not believe in fate.

I have to!! There's no other explanation for the way me and my husband got together.

Yes, COMPLETELY

At times yeah....but.....ehhh....yeah

I believe in money.

I dislike the idea of not having control over my own life. If something is going to happen to me in life it's because I've made it happen it was never predestined.

Fate is bullcrap.
Mankind has the NEED to put a name or label on everything.......however I do believe in destiny and that it can be changed by the power of reaping what you sow.

Most definitely there's a thing called fate. What you do with the cards you are dealt is called destiny. So there is no question of the matter of personal choice, it's just within specific parameters.

I believe our world and society are constantly moving, and interacting in a huge web of life. But I don't believe anyone or thing is predicting it or controlling it. If thats what you mean by "fate."

I beleive FATE only takes you so far and then it is up to you to make it happen.