***Insight*** Fate, The Truth of "Preordination"?

Lately, I have heard many people talk about the inescapable reality that is fate or destiny.

I was surprised to learn about how many people out there believe that whatever actions they take will all have the same outcome, their stories have already been written by God.

I have VERY strong feelings on fate. And that is that I do NOT believe in it.

If God has truly decided all of our paths already, then that means he has doomed many of his own children? He has driven His children to murder, rape, be put in prison, cheat, steal...in other words, work against His own commandments that he put in place.

In essence, if all was preordained then WHY would God need to give us commandments in the first place? We wouldnt need them if no matter what we did we would end up the same way anyways.

And besides all this, if our paths have been chosen, then what is the point of us even being alive? Life would have no purpose.

The War in Heaven was fought over this principle, the principle of choice. And if you remember, haaving no choice, to be forced down a predetermined way was Lucifer's way, NOT God's way. Life is a test. Without choices, it's like the test have been done for and we are just free to goof around.

Does this mean I think God has no hand in our lives? No. Does this mean that I don't think everything happens for a reason? That every action that we take doesn't have significance in our lives? No. I do believe our actions have significance. Things do happen for a reason.

I believe that God DOES nudge us to the best path, but ultimately that which happens to us is a product of our actions. However, I am NOT stripping God of His Almighty Power. His word is law. His will be done. If He wants something to happen, it WILL happen no matter our decisicions.

However, before that last comment counters everything I have just worked to achieve, I must add this.

God knows the perfect balance to His actions: If he did too much people would grow dependent and feel inhuman, like tools. Yet, if he did too little people would loose hope and grow vastly prideful, without moral restrictions thinking they are the pilots of their universe.