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Do you believe in Destiny?
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lostwanderingsoul
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We make our own destiny. Do good things and you will end up with a good destiny. But do bad things and you end up in a bad way.
Spiderman
Veteran Member
Do you think there are unseen forces at work shaping our destiny? A calling?
Skwim
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Sure. Destiny is nothing but the inevitable outcome of our deterministic universe. Of course, what destiny happens to be depends on how far into the future one cares to look and what one is looking at.
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Scuba Pete
Le plongeur avec attitude...
I heard she had a child... three, I think? 
lostwanderingsoul
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There are unseen demons around trying to tyrn people to do evil things. We must resist these evil forces and do what is right.
lostwanderingsoul
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God is letting people run their own lives to see who will resist evil and who will give in to it.
lostwanderingsoul
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God's plan is for the entire human race, not specific individuals.
Spiderman
Veteran Member
Right! So God has a destiny in mind for us, but he leaves us with all the freedom to destroy it.
Ted Bundy wasn't destined to rape and murder a bunch of women...he was given all the gifts and potential to be a productive member of society but God left him with the freedom to give into his deviant inclinations.
Spiderman
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...So...you're saying that God doesn't have a plan for individuals, just humanity at large? So, God has a destiny for the human race? Is there a guarantee that the human race will reach that destiny?
lostwanderingsoul
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The destiny for the human race is to become part of God's family. The idea of God being a trinity of three persons is false. God will be made up of millions of persons.That destiny is absolutely going to happen, the question is who will be part of that family.
Scuba Pete
Le plongeur avec attitude...
I had a plan for my son. He died from a drug overdose. God had a plan for Harrison too. Harrison didn't have to die. Was it his destiny? No. I'm certain God, like me, wanted the very best for Harrison. I don't think he wanted Harrison to die when he did. Plans can be made... but people will often choose their own paths. I couldn't make a decision for my son. He couldn't make any decisions for me. My life or destiny is a culmination of the decisions I make or refuse to make.
Spiderman
Veteran Member
I'm very sorry to hear that. I believe Harrison is in a better place! Harrison is praying for us
Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
When I was 16ish I had a calling to be a nun, go to a convent, and just study the Bible. Near before I was confirmed I wanted to be a Catholic priest. Those callings went out the window.
I had a secret desire to write a book one day. Other times my calling and destiny is to live. After brain surgery at 18 my life changed as well as my health. I feel people put "surviving as a calling to life" as overrated or maybe too simple. But that's my destiny. To live and my calling is to accept life at life's terms.
As for unseen spirits, they help me out too. Living family to an extent mostly family in spirit. I don't refer to earth spirits much. Don't know why since the earth takes care of us too. Just spirits in general. I mostly get warning signals. So, not only am I living, others are helping me be aware of things that may hurt me otherwise.
Yes, I believe in fate. Our time comes when our time comes. And the Gods give us glimpses of the forks in the paths in our lives, we decide what fork to choose, but they ultimately know where it's going to take us.
VioletVortex
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As a general rule, no. While I do believe that many people have an innate aptitude for certain lifestyles, it's not concrete destiny; they aren't automatically predetermined from birth to devote their lives to certain purposes.
I do believe that, in some outstanding circumstances, a person can be spiritually assigned to a certain role in life. I doubt this is very common, though.
I do believe that, in some outstanding circumstances, a person can be spiritually assigned to a certain role in life. I doubt this is very common, though.