"I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed." - Paulo Coelho
In the movie The Matrix, the prophecies said to three of the characters about their fate. I believe that this movie shows that fate has a stronger case than free will. I believe this in moderation though. We can choose the paths and roads we go down but I believe that things happen for a reason. These roads all lead to a place we are suppose to be and we are suppose to experience. The Oracle just stated three facts about three of the characters. She didn't state how they would fulfill these things, when they would come true, and how they would...she just said that these things would happen. The Oracle said these things so that they would keep them in mind. She told them the things they needed to hear not necessarily the things that are going to happen. For example, Trinity's fate was that she was going to fall in love with the one. She didn't want to admit it at first but Neo was the person she fell in love with. She didn't expect it and she even tried to fight it but it happen. Another example of fate is when the Oracle said to Morpheus that he would find the one. He searched and searched to find the one and he thought he found them on more than one occasion. When he saw Neo he had a kind of "love at first sight moment" but it was translated into "the one at first sight." He didn't pressure Neo into this fact but he just believed in him. Neo's fate was that he had a gift but he was waiting for something. I think that this something was not another life but faith in himself. Once he believed he could he did. That to me is fate and not free will because in life their are no accidents, things happen for reasons beyond our control and for our destinies.
Agree. I love your thought.
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