God and fate?

In darkness and light the truth remains Asked by jester_x 7 months ago, 7 answers.

first off let me explane the diffrence between fate and destiny.
Fate is a something that will happen no matter what you do insomuch that Oedipus was fated to marry is mother.
Destiney is the path we are on in life and where it gos. paths can be...

changed but Fate cannot.
to the question. to my understanding Chritanity dosn't believe in fate and dose believe that God gave us free will.
If thats so than its also believed that God knows everything we are going to do before we are born.
if thats so and God is infallible than we have no choise in what we do caues God already knows and he is infallible. Thats Fate is it not?

This question is NOT a "God isn't real thing and heres prof" this is a true question

Answered by fau on Apr 11, 2008, 07:24AM
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no. God does predetermine certain things but the power of freewill governs us for the most part.

I believe its a mixture of destiny and free choice. Your choices determine your own path and certain events are spurred from those choices.

Destiny are things God put into place to either steer us away from a certain path or things that must come to pass in order for life to exist as it does.

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Answered by liana on Apr 11, 2008, 02:40AM
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its a question?are you sure its not a statement or an opinion?im kinda blurr..ya know,im sorry..I think its fate..pretty much..or destiny..IM CONFUSED!!!

Answered by jester_x on Apr 11, 2008, 04:50AM
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its a question but not a question of is it fate or destiny
the question is if God is infallible than we have no choise in what we do caues God already knows and he is infallible. Thats Fate is it not?

Answered by eleni on Apr 11, 2008, 04:51AM
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Just because God knows what you will choose doesn't mean he forces you to choose it. So maybe that's why it isn't considered fate. However, some Christians believe that the elect are chosen before birth and everyone else is out of luck. That definitely smacks to me of fate.

Answered by funadvice on Apr 11, 2008, 05:34AM
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I beleive that God does know what you will do and be in your life, but not how you will get there. So In that way God does know your fate but leaves your destiny up to you.

Answered by toadaly on Apr 11, 2008, 07:15AM
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To say that God knows everything that's going to happen, necessarily implies a deterministic model of reality, which is of course inconsistent with the idea of apodictic free will.

But then what's the alternative? ...nondeterminism, aka randomness. If the nature of reality is fundamentally nondeterministic, then that also isn't consistent with the idea of apodictic free will.

So the real problem in this case is not the idea of omnipotence, but the idea of apodictic free will, which fails regardless of any gods.

Answered by silverwings on Apr 12, 2008, 09:03PM
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Fau... love your answer!!!

And I believe that Fate... is Satans pathway for us. You proved it, by saying that person was "Fated " to marry ... his mother... Yuck.

I think destiny is Gods path. He predistines us to be saved. Means that he has made everything possible for us to receive what he has for us. And destiny is the path that takes us there. Destiny does not push, it leads. Fate pushes, So, does Satan. and leaves one no way out. Destiny offers us a choice.

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