I have seen this in many post, and dicided to open a thread about it.
What do people mean when they say they believe things happen for a reason
Me not dying now will be the reason I go home tonight and kick our cat.
Me dying now will be the reason I don't go home tonight and don't kick our cat.
Well then dying and not dieing happens for a reason (as far as our cat goes)
| Kovsieassassins wrote: |
I have seen this in many post, and dicided to open a thread about it.
What do people mean when they say they believe things happen for a reason
Me not dying now will be the reason I go home tonight and kick our cat.
Me dying now will be the reason I don't go home tonight and don't kick our cat.
Well then dying and not dieing happens for a reason (as far as our cat goes) |
They say that because a lot of people rarely belive in "coincedince" and a lot of people believe in predestination, at least to some degree.
Any religious person believes that everything in life woudl happen for a reason, that gives them a reason to go on, believing that there is a reason to go on.
I can't believe that. I think too much which leads me to thin kthat the macrocosm doesn't give a damn if I am breathing or not. Within one billion years everyone is going to be long gone and dead, so there is no reason other than my own self interest that drives me.
There's also the fact that everything that happens now effects the future, which gives people the illusion that it was "meant" to happen, when, if it didn't happen, then something different would simpyl happen.I've taken that line as a cop-out when people can't explain why things happen. There's too much of a hangup on reasoning and God's role in our personal lives. After my friend died people told me "these things happen for a reason" and it came off more as though they were defending God, like he <i>must</i> have a reason for my friend's death because God is not cruel and wouldn't let this happen unless greater good could come out of it.
I see it as a silver bullet in God's defense when unexplainable things happen. I hate that line.
I think that true coincidences are rare, but can occur. You could say that I believe in predestination to a degree. Not necessarily that there is a plan or whatever, but that things in the universe work way too well together to just happen accidentally or coincidentally.
