(June 27, 2013 at 5:42 pm)sarcasticgeographer Wrote: "What will happen, will happen." In essence, negating my anxiety with fate. I HATE these kind of statements, since they are vague and vacuous.Roger, platitude, often spoken as though novel or insightful - meant to convey a message or concept but often devoid of either.
Quote:Is there really a place where everything is written down that is going to happen? What are these statements supposed to do? If the intent is to make me feel better, it does not provide that comfort.I think that hard, scary determinism is difficult to write off. There needn't be any place all of this is written down. In any case, a platitude is meant to fill a gap in conversation or knowledge...as far as I can tell..lol.
So tell me folks, what are your thoughts on fate/predetermination?
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