Fate or Freewill?

Fate Or Freewill? Are we destined to be where we are now? Are we destioned to go through the problems we do? Or Is it freewill? Is it nothing but the consequences of our actions that bring us to where we are today? Personally I am believer in both I believe in fate and in free will. I beleiev that God does Know all and has a plan for us but not as we think. I do not believe it is all one plan I think there are many plans and it all depends on the choices that we make that bring the plan to life. In the Matrix and philosophy Theodore Schick Jr. ( on pages 92-95) dicusses the conflict between omniscience which basically means all-knowing and freewill in chirstianity. Since God is all knowing and knows what the outcome will be do we really have free will? I beleive the answer is yes our free will is our ability to choose. Maybe the same out come will occur no matter what our choice but it will happen in a different way. For example If your girl/boy friend says"Imma Fucking break up with you your a dumb bitch" or "I think we should break up it's just not working" in the end your still breaking up right? But the effect it will have on you is different because of the tone it is setting. I believe God may know it all and have plans for individuals but we still have the choice of deciding how it will occur or even change the plan. On page 94 Theodore states "Omniscience and freewill seem to be incompatible with one another." Yes that is true but that doesn't mean they cannot exist side by side. No matter what at the end of the day it all just depends on your belief's and my belief is that they can coincide even though there is at times conflict. I believe God knows all but I also believe he allows us to choose what path to take.

Blog 4

In pages 55-65 Of the Matrix and Philosophy they apply the science of metaphysics. It is just absolutly confusing , I had to re read it at least 3 times. Basically I understood it to be a way of breaking the world of the Matrix and the "real world" into catagories. The two main Catagories are Real and Unreal. The subcatagories are another issue they consist of the computer world, the body, and the mind as being different states , real or unreal. That is my basic understanding, but as I read further they become more and more specific. Gracia and Sanford then discuss the "source" meaning from where all of the real and unreal began. Instantly we know what is the source of the unreal (the matrix) but we do not know what is the source of the real. We know the story of how the matrix was created but we do not know the exact terms of the machines rebelling and then taking over. Then another term is brought in, ontological status, which apparently it means reference to the physical world. Basically they are trying to provide proof to their claims that the matrix is unreal and the world where amchines are incontrol is real. I see it as them clarifying the main catagories of real and unreal and providing a basis of reasoning and data. (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/551813/society definition of ontological status)