I believe in the spectrum. I am not a religious person, and the conversation in class greatly described my position. I believe we may or may not have an overall destiny -- that part I am not so sure about. But I do believe in free will, I believe in people's choice and the choices we make shape our future. I like the idea that the choices make with our own free will lead to different paths that all result in the same destiny. So, in the end, we do have a destiny, yet our free will shapes how we get there. Again, destiny is an all encompassing term that does not accurately account for everything we do; the idea of a higher power that has control over everything does not appeal to me because of all the hardships and horrors in the world. It makes no sense to me why those things would be created if we do have someone responsible for the world.
The thought of this confuses me. My opinion may not be very clear or may not make very much sense, but it's as far as I have come to dissecting this question of free will vs. destiny. In any case, I think that this quote by a German philosopher is helpful in realizing the ambiguity of this question. Plus I kind of like it anyway.
“A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.”
Good quote, and I have many of the same issues.
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