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I define destiny as an end-result arrived at due to choices made with a free will. How do you define destiny?

I am interested in serious, mature definitions of exactly what people believe "destiny" to mean. I do not believe destiny requires a predetermined course and am interested to know if anyone else believes that free will and destiny can, and do, co-exist. While I am a very spiritual person and believe totally in God, I do see that free will and destiny do not require God to exist. Thoughtful responses and ideas, please?

And by the way - Insults to my character due to my beliefs are not necessary, although you may certainly include them and feel assured I will view them as the drivel they are! I love free will, don't you? :o)


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I cannot agree with your definition, I'm afraid.
OK, If you jump from a tall building you are destined to hit the ground, but that's a trivial case. The laws of physics as destiny.

An individual, having made good choices with a free will can still be taken out by a drunk-driver jumping the lights. A destiny he did not determine.

Robert Kennedy could easily not have survived on PT109

I personally would not use the term, but I take whatever usage a writer intends, from the context.

I go with Ecclesiastes.
"... the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." (Ecclesiastes 9:11).

I think Winston Churchill's on my side:
"We cannot guarantee victory, but only deserve it. "

No, there is no destiny, unless gods play games with the fates of men.