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What is fate? Is it predetermined destiny? Or is it based of choices? For mankind, is our path chosen by God? Is every instance just chance? Or does each decision hold specific meaning?

I believe each choice you make has meaning Each choice, like ripples on a pond, have unforeseen effects on fate Nothing is ever just by chance Each step taken only strengthens destiny That some believe was set by God While others would much rather believe fate is set by choices

I use to believe held no power, did choice And decisions held no meaning That all the power was held by God And that carefully considered choice, held as much weight as feather in the eye of fate But now who can really trust in destiny? There is no such thing as chance

People just don’t meet by chance They are lead together by other choices People are not legends in making, like story book heroes, desperately trying to complete their destiny Every choice like the weight of a rock hold significant meaning But does that mean there is no such thing as fate? And do all people have a choice outside of God?

Control our fate we do, not God That there is no random chance To meet someone important is not fate But an end result of many choices Not some divine meaning Or preplanned cookie cutter destiny

A life cannot be laid out even before birth and be called destiny How can a whole life be set up by one God? Where is the spontaneity of living and breathing if there is no meaning? What if finding a loved one wasn’t by chance? What if in free will there is no choice? And what if life was all prerecorded fate?

If there is no meaning, why do people make choices? If every choice is just destiny, who decides our fate? If lives are ruled by fate and there is no chance, why would free will have been given by God?