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Originally Posted by zen_tom
What's confused about it? There really isn't much difference between Fate and Determinism; They do have one vital difference. Fate requires some omnipotence to have the ability, the power and the inclination to pre-ordain events so as to lead to some goal.
Now since I'm in no position to convince you of the existance (or lack) of The Almighty, I think it's reasonable to assume that the terms fate and determinism can be used to describe the same thing from two opposing viewpoints.
What other differences are there? (And please don't bring The Matrix into it, it's condescending)  |
Fate assumes purpose.
i.e. Two lovers look at some set of elaborate conincidences that led to their meeting and come to the conclusion that they were "meant to be together", that the universe couldn't stand two people who were so perfect for each other not meeting.
Fate has connotations of some force somehow influencing the universe, bending it in order to allow some set of events to take place. In a way this is the very antithesis of determinism, which just goes with the flow.