Have you ever been asked about "Fate vs Free Will"?
I haven't been sleeping for almost 24hours now, and won't be for at least another 18 hours. That should explain who I am. I had a 'rough' and emotional night, but I'm still steady. Also the media player has just changed to 'Trauma' by Ayumi Hamasaki, 元気つけてもらっちゃった。=D
I was conducting a last check-up on other blogs and this article with mentioned topic sparked my interest. Why? I think God wants to cheer me up and remind me of some things I've forgotten, but God always knows best. I just like to guess. After all, how can you be surprised if you've never guessed or expected anything? Life is full of surprises, and a lot more than that. It has laughter, memories, puzzles, and more. Another reason why I love God so much.
I'm gonna go surprise someone in 2 hours, and I need at least 1 hour to get ready, so we'll get on with this quick. Remember the last time when another persona mentioned to talk about destiny, then another popped out and cancelled the whole thing? No one was expecting yet so it should be okay, or better yet no one even remembers. Whichever it is, the result should still be the same if it's me writing. What is fate? What is destiny? And why does it collide with the fact of having "free will"?
The common question we get is; "If God has decided everything, how is it possible that we have free will?" or "If it's decided how can it be called free will?" You know. The such. That reminds me the last time someone mentioned being asked this question "Can God create a monster bigger than Himself, stronger than Himself, and then get destroyed by that very monster?" and he responded with: "There are those who can see God and obey God, they are angels. There are those who can see God but disobey God, they are shaitan. And there are those who can't see God but some obey while some disobey God, they are called humans. So why is it impossible?" To be honest, I don't really see how that answers the question. I have another respond for that question. It sounds like this: "Can God be cruel to His creations, for example us humans?" Ahah, you get what I mean.
Back to the question. Personally, the question about 'fate vs free-will' is like asking "How can God make 1+1 become 7 when no matter how you look at it 1+1 is 2??" That's how it is. It sounds so perfectly impossible, but being able to do mission impossible is what makes God God. Back then I used to ask myself those questions-that-go-almost-nowhere too. Something like "If universe's size is N by N by N equalling N-cube, what is at N+1?" (Sorry if you're not familiar with mathematical terms) But asking those questions only make me feel like I'm trying to cut a mobius loop into 2 separate loops. (Again with the difficult term, please make use of search engines) Now guess what I choose to do instead?
I choose to believe.
As an avid lover of God, I understand what God's attributes are. Kind, loving, great, knowledgeable. Understanding, yes! Otherwise why create laughter and comedy for our own little remedies? Remember the last time you laughed off something clumsy you did in front of your friends? Believe it or not, God was the one who planned that, knowing fully well you'd be relieved of some kind of sadness that came beforehand. Or the last time when you were thoroughly down and lost hope in everyone around you? At that time a beautiful scenery came before your eyes, reminding you that what you are facing is just a part of life and that there are so much more things that you should cherish. There are so many things that we have, it's just that we either forget about it or just haven't realized it yet.
I haven't been sleeping for almost 24hours now, and won't be for at least another 18 hours. That should explain who I am. I had a 'rough' and emotional night, but I'm still steady. Also the media player has just changed to 'Trauma' by Ayumi Hamasaki, 元気つけてもらっちゃった。=D
I was conducting a last check-up on other blogs and this article with mentioned topic sparked my interest. Why? I think God wants to cheer me up and remind me of some things I've forgotten, but God always knows best. I just like to guess. After all, how can you be surprised if you've never guessed or expected anything? Life is full of surprises, and a lot more than that. It has laughter, memories, puzzles, and more. Another reason why I love God so much.
I'm gonna go surprise someone in 2 hours, and I need at least 1 hour to get ready, so we'll get on with this quick. Remember the last time when another persona mentioned to talk about destiny, then another popped out and cancelled the whole thing? No one was expecting yet so it should be okay, or better yet no one even remembers. Whichever it is, the result should still be the same if it's me writing. What is fate? What is destiny? And why does it collide with the fact of having "free will"?
The common question we get is; "If God has decided everything, how is it possible that we have free will?" or "If it's decided how can it be called free will?" You know. The such. That reminds me the last time someone mentioned being asked this question "Can God create a monster bigger than Himself, stronger than Himself, and then get destroyed by that very monster?" and he responded with: "There are those who can see God and obey God, they are angels. There are those who can see God but disobey God, they are shaitan. And there are those who can't see God but some obey while some disobey God, they are called humans. So why is it impossible?" To be honest, I don't really see how that answers the question. I have another respond for that question. It sounds like this: "Can God be cruel to His creations, for example us humans?" Ahah, you get what I mean.
Back to the question. Personally, the question about 'fate vs free-will' is like asking "How can God make 1+1 become 7 when no matter how you look at it 1+1 is 2??" That's how it is. It sounds so perfectly impossible, but being able to do mission impossible is what makes God God. Back then I used to ask myself those questions-that-go-almost-nowhere too. Something like "If universe's size is N by N by N equalling N-cube, what is at N+1?" (Sorry if you're not familiar with mathematical terms) But asking those questions only make me feel like I'm trying to cut a mobius loop into 2 separate loops. (Again with the difficult term, please make use of search engines) Now guess what I choose to do instead?
I choose to believe.
As an avid lover of God, I understand what God's attributes are. Kind, loving, great, knowledgeable. Understanding, yes! Otherwise why create laughter and comedy for our own little remedies? Remember the last time you laughed off something clumsy you did in front of your friends? Believe it or not, God was the one who planned that, knowing fully well you'd be relieved of some kind of sadness that came beforehand. Or the last time when you were thoroughly down and lost hope in everyone around you? At that time a beautiful scenery came before your eyes, reminding you that what you are facing is just a part of life and that there are so much more things that you should cherish. There are so many things that we have, it's just that we either forget about it or just haven't realized it yet.
What is the main purpose of questioning the meaning of destiny? I know some people are just curious, but I also know there are people who just want to blame God for whatever they did, saying "God already decided I would sin, what could I do?" It's tough to just imagine such absurd thinkings exist, but it's reality. That's another quality I found interesting. Notice that moment when angels asked God; "Why bother create humans who would cause chaos and destruction when You already have us who never cease submitting to You?" And God give this really mysterious (at least, to me it is mysterious) reply; "I KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW." Notice how the answer wasn't just about humans are better or there are some humans who will be really cool and respected by angels? What God said was that God knows what angels don't. Of course there are mentions of our being created is solely to serve God and to be the caliph on earth, but what I mean isn't what we are supposed to do. What I see is there's a purpose in our creation, of course not for God because God doesn't need anything from us. It could be for the angels, they sure learned a lot from our prophets, or it could be for the djinns. Who knows? God knows best. I'm just expressing my hunch. Probability is too big, I'm always in awe.
I choose to believe that God knows best about what destiny is and how it works, so I will just leave it as it is. I decided to quit asking the difference between destiny and free-will. Now I see that there is no point arguing over that matter, because regardless what the outcome is, what we have to do is still the same. We still have to pray, we still have to prostrate and fast. Yes maybe some people need explanation on that debate so that they could strengthen their faith, but isn't faith about believing even if there's no proof to back it up? Here I ask you, can you still believe in the Almighty God when one day science without fail proves that prostration causes prostate cancer, and that fasting causes brain death after 70 years? At that time, people have a few choices to do. One of it will be to believe in science and start doubting religion. Another would be to oppose and say "Science is a lie!!" and keep on being devout, somehow. But there will also be people who would say "If science says so then so it is. But that doesn't have any effect on my faith." Now that's what I call faith! Even if the world, even if science turns against you, don't lost your faith in God! I mean, what is the purpose of having faith in God if you do it based on science facts? And science is obviously still young. You sure don't see any thermal sink that completely absorbs heat, but God can do it effortlessly. (Argh, pardon the scientific term again)
Did you know thousands of years ago, maybe millions, there was a sadistic guy with a faith that most of us would be surprised of, taking into consideration the condition and development of humans psychology at that time. If you can cross time and go back to the past and meet your great grandfather, try asking him "Do you believe that people will be holding small plastic boxes to their ears to talk to someone in a different country across the sea?" Yea I'm talking about handphones. What would your great grandfather say? Now this guy here, he was way, way a person from the past. He knew he was a gangster, so he went to Moses and asked if he was going to hell for being so. Moses went to God and back to the guy and asked him something like this; "Can God pass the Earth through the hole of a needle?" This is what the guy answered; "Of course yes. God can pass the Earth through the hole of a needle without even having to make the Earth smaller nor making the hole bigger." And Moses said; "You will dwell in heaven." See how great faith is and how great faith should be? Of course since then the guy repented and became pious. And did you know there was another pious man who asked Moses if he would go to heaven. Moses gave him the same question, but the pious man said it was impossible, thus he became an inhabitant of hell. Even after being warned of hell, that man just simply refused to believe in God's ability and turned away.
Now see what faith is? It's so beautiful.
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