Do you believe that everything happens for a reason?

I find it hard to believe that our life was predetermined and no matter how hard we try to change it we can%26#039;t.





I think life is what you make it. You make 100%26#039;s of decisions a day most of them you don%26#039;t even know. If you make good informed decisons things will turn out ok for you.





I think %26quot;everything happens for a reason%26quot; is a weak way to think. That%26#039;s an excuse if something doesn%26#039;t go your way.
Do you believe that everything happens for a reason?
i believe that everything happens for a reason :)
Do you believe that everything happens for a reason?
Not really but, when some thing happens reasons occur .
Reply:Only when it turns out in my favor. Women are hopeless romantics about that. If it helps you to deal with something bad, because it implies that something good will eventually come of it. What does that hurt? I believe in free will. I believe we are in control of our destiny. But the notion of things happening for a reason can be enchanting at times. Helps us to cope, with the incopable. Lighten up! Don%26#039;t kill the magic, the mystery of it all. It%26#039;s kinda cool.
Reply:when you talked abt %26quot;everything happens 4 a reason%26quot; the first thing that came in my mind was destiny..


I believe in destiny ... I believe everyones life story is written by God%26#039;s own hand.. God already knew the choices we will make before were born..
Reply:Absolutely not. Choice defines all human action and thought. Fate is an illusion. These two ideas are the basis for which any human being changes not only his or her environment but themselves as well. Our creator endowed us with the powerful gift of choice; we should use it in the best way we know how. Many people disagree with each other on the proper use of choice, but this fact only supports my claims that human beings are driven by our ability to choose.
Reply:I believe everything does happen for a reason, but that belief does not limit me on what I feel I can achieve, get to, or overcome.





That line of thinking does not mean that life is hopeless, or already predetermined. It just means that the courses of actions you take - even the simplest decisions that you make every day - are done so for some reason, and the outcome is then obviously occurring for that reason. Or the outcome is occurring despite that reason.





Thinking that way certainly doesn%26#039;t limit you. And yes, life is certainly what you make of it, but there are also reasons for your making it that way.
Reply:To think that everything happens for a reason, you need an idea of who or what has that reason.





Earning money happens for a reason - so you can afford to live. Turning bicycle pedals happens so that the wheels turn. These are %26#039;person intentional%26#039; reasons.





What I think you%26#039;re driving at is some power outside our understanding pulling all the strings that makes stuff happen. This will take you one of two ways, and possible back together at the far end of your journey. One way is to God - and you may as well credit or blame the fairies at the bottom of your garden as the existence of both is equally unproven. Or you can delve into sub-atomic particle physics, but there you%26#039;ll find the existence of randomness and chance (even fuzzyness). Take your pick, and I%26#039;m not going for either in particular. It%26#039;s interesting that if (as another correspondent asserts) women in particular seem to think that %26#039;everything happens for a reason%26#039; , it usually relates to something bad. The very fact that people take credit and seek to pass the blame seems to me that it%26#039;s just another %26#039;coping strategy%26#039; to relieve some of the stress of life.





In a similar vein, and sorry to return to religion, it has always occurred to me that religion is the medieval form of crowd control, used to keep the people in their place rather like modern day use of the %26#039;threat of terrorism%26#039; as a justification for imposing a higher level of control on citizens. In history, religion has been all about behaving yourself now so that the bogeyman doesn%26#039;t get you later. If you%26#039;re a sinner, but miserable enough, your misery will cancel out your sins. Now, if you suffer enough inconvenience and threat to liberty on a day-to-day basis, the terrorists will be kept at bay. And don%26#039;t start me on climate change (or, more correctly, climatic change, but grammar was never a strong suit of the political and media classes!). Again, a huge, ominous but unproven threat that stops people from getting above themselves - e.g. by influencing the number of wheels on their cars that are powered (!). Better yet for the politicos, this one can raise more tax cash - although come to think of it, religions with their tithes and levies (like psychological extortion) have become among the most affluent and dare I say it corrupt, organisations in the world.





Thanks for the question, friend. I hope you enjoyed thinking of it as much as I enjoyed thinking about the answer. If you want things to turn out well for you, be nice (as I%26#039;m sure you already are!)
Reply:You can%26#039;t say most females think everything happens for a reason. For instance me, I don%26#039;t believe in that, and neither do all the females I know.





And you can safely say that deep down, no one believes in that.





For instance, every parents want their children to work at school in order to succeed in life, but if they really think that fate is already written somewhere, why going to school if it won%26#039;t affect their children%26#039;s fate? because if you don%26#039;t go to school, chances are you will never be a director or an executive, but if you go to school your chances to get a good job are increased.





Do you understand what I mean? Everything you choose to do in your life will affect your future, it%26#039;s not pre-written, you%26#039;re the one writing it ;)
Reply:i strongly disagree, everything happens for a reason, and you%26#039;ll find that is true when you find, %26quot;thankgod i chose that decision!%26quot;
Reply:well of course everything happens for a reason, just like you never know what life will throw at you