Fate and Destiny: a philosophy thread

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I believe I have the same messed-up wireing as Alex so my atheism....

I find that to be an interesting statement by both you and Alex. Messed up wiring. I have found most atheists I have known (not a whole bunch mind you, but a few) and those who make themselves known in the media are quite a condescending bunch who think they are the only ones with wiring that works. Can't quantify God, so therefore no God can exist. Only logical to them, and anything else is unlogical. Proof rather than faith or it is simply gibberish. I find your attitude quite refreshing.

I have had my experiences with what I believe to be supernatural forces. I have no doubt about I experienced and no doubt what the cause was. However, that being said, I have had other experiences that make make me certainly figure that God is not someone to meddle in my day to day affairs, whether I ask him to or not. I used the term "divine micromanagement" in a thread a while ago, and I simply don't believe that God operates in that fashion.

God established the world with certain natural and physical laws. With exception, of course, he allows those those laws to play themselves out. He provided free will to allow the choice to do whatever we would wish. I am reminded of this exchange from "Bruce Almighty" -

Bruce: "How do you make someone love you without messing with free will?"
God: "Welcome to my world."