I have made a decision on the issue of fate Vs free-will. There are three views that exist, the first one is that there is only free-will, the second view is that there is only destiny, while the third view is that there is room and justification for both possibilities. Through my experiences in life and textual evidence in the bible I have found the third view the most apparent.
I am choosing that free will exists in our world. I think that I make my own choices everyday, but I know that God definitely helps me along the way. Every day I wake up, and I make a decision, should I go back to sleep, lie here looking at the walls, or should I get out of my bed and go to class or the courtyard? Every day I make more choices. Every whe
When people have a bond with God, they pray about things, and blessings come. For example my parents made the decision that they wanted a child, they made the decision to have sex, they asked God to give them a healthy child, and God made the decision to bless them with me! If God didn’t have the control to change things in our life what would be the point in prayer. Would God lie and say if we ask we would receive knowing that he has no impact on the direction of our lives? I didn’t think so!
According to Fate, I am a robot, puppet if you will, and the world is just a scripted play. However, I am not moving myself, someone else is for me, God, is controlling my life. If my life is being controlled by someone other than myself, God must not have g