If something was not purposeful, then is your only other choice that is was a ra

Question:

If something was not purposeful, then is your only other choice that is was a random event?

If not, what other choices are there, and please explain.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: There is purposeful and and there is 'sequential' - these are very different yet related.

An event may be the outcome of a chain of events - rather than a purposeful, consciously motivated act.

So for an obvious example:

Acid rain. This is not an purposeful event but neither is it random.. It is a direct result of indirect action. (ie. environmental pollutants caused by industrial manufacturing emissions).

The event of acid rain is linked to purposeful actions, but is not purposeful in itself - neither is it random.

The whole universe is powered by cause and effect, and to a lesser scale purposeful or random occurrences.