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Predestination is a religious idea, under which the relationship between the beginning of things and the destiny of things is discussed. Its religious nature distinguishes it from other ideas concerning determinism and free will, and related concepts. In particular, predestination concerns God's decision to create and to govern creation, and the extent to which God's decisions determine ahead of time what the destiny of groups and individuals will be.
The object is to race through the Mushroom Kingdom, evade or eliminate Bowser's forces and save Princess Toadstool.
In a predestined universe the future is immutable and only one set of events can possibly occur; in a non-predestined universe, the future is mutable and multiple different events are possible. This may be considered as part of the issue of free will or separately from the context of consciousness.
Originally posted by ladyinwaiting
reply to post by rekar
General comment:
When you go to a restaurant, why not just close your eyes and randomly point to the menu to see what your order will be? If It's pre-determined anyway. Go with it. If you get food poisoning...or something you are allergic to, then it was meant to be. If you don't, well. You've been blessed for the day.
So predetermination rather gets you off the hook for your decisions.
It's all out of your hands. How convenient!
Originally posted by ladyinwaiting
reply to post by theyreadmymind
Yes. Good points. Bear in mind you also have the choice to get up and walk out without paying. Or choose something extremely loaded in fats and sugars, even though you wish to lose weight.
But you "choose", to go with your best instincts, and abide by societal laws and pay your check, as well as your own rule as it pertains to losing weight. But you don't simply pay your check because it's in the script that you will. You choose to do so, just like you choose to not jump off the bridge every time you get the blues.
lol.
Of Course I see what you are saying about cause and effect, and all
the things you mentioned are taken into consideration when we make our choice. That's just the nature of science, psychology,the human experience and it's consequences upon us. It's conditioning. There is also a predisposition to certain things, and aversions to certain things. These are developed over a period of time, as you say--could be genetic, or could be learned.
Does this imply that all these forces come together to equate predestination? I think all these forces come together to make us the person we are, and consequently have substantial bearing on the choices we make.