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Question:do you believe in fate or that things are destine to be a certain, so what makes you believe that ?if you don't believe that what is it that you do believe? (and hey since you get that e-mail when i post a question why don't you answer this one )you know who you I'm talking to


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: do you believe in fate or that things are destine to be a certain, so what makes you believe that ?if you don't believe that what is it that you do believe? (and hey since you get that e-mail when i post a question why don't you answer this one )you know who you I'm talking to

There are things that we can't stop, there are things we can't change. If you look at their profile you may find the answers you seek.

I believe you are really meant to find out who you are beyond what the world and people around you tell you you should be and expect you to be.
You are meant to find your own happiness, and live your own life according to your own choices and beliefs.

whether meant to be or not, it is... it simply is, it cannot be denied, it is inevitable and obvious... so whether destined or not, it is.. so i take it as it is and learn my lesson...

Any natural phenomenon, i.e., any event which occurs without human participation, is the metaphysically given, and could not have occurred differently or failed to occur; any phenomenon involving human action is the man-made, and could have been different. For example, a flood occurring in an uninhabited land, is the metaphysically given; a dam built to contain the flood water, is the man-made; if the builders miscalculate and the dam breaks, the disaster is metaphysical in its origin, but intensified by man in its consequences. To correct the situation, men must obey nature by studying the causes and potentialities of the flood, then command nature by building better flood controls.

Nature, i.e., the universe as a whole, cannot be created or annihilated … it cannot come into or go out of existence. Whether its basic constituent elements are atoms, or subatomic particles, or some yet undiscovered forms of energy, it is not ruled by a consciousness or by will or by chance, but by the law of identity.

A man-made product did not have to exist, but, once made, it does exist. A man's actions did not have to be performed, but, once performed, they are facts of reality. The same is true of a man's character: he did not have to make the choices he made, but, once he has formed his character, it is a fact, and it is his personal identity. (Man's volition gives him great, but not unlimited, latitude to change his character; if he does, the change becomes a fact.)

It is just a figure of speech intended to presuppose a closure. In reality, there are so many things human beings cannot reason. And most of their perceptions on life have been based on their past experience, a learned behavior or phenomenon, or hearsay. Therefore, the phrase "meant to be" alleviate such a burden of helplessness of not knowing everything.