Why Destiny Doesnt Exist Debate

Statements

#1 If there is destiny there is no luck and no chance

ex. if someone work hard in life and believe in destiny, will they end up in the same place?

#2 always a choice in any action that would bring a different end result

Questions

ex. if someone work hard in life and believe in destiny, will they end up in the same place?

Responses

#5 If they use car rear ending example, respond in saying " he made the choice to go that way.... therefore he was in control of the outcome."

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/anatomy/Senses.shtml

shark smell blood

Proof

#3 The old man was aware of his limits and he chose to question them

ex. The man chose to go out too far, he harpooned the fish causing sharks he did not accept help from anyone.

If they say something is out of your control... you say" YOU MADE THE CHOICE TO GO DOWN THE PATH THEREFORE YOU MAKE DESTINY"

#6 Explain the 5th dimension

http://elnaschiewatch.blogspot.com/2010/08/gerardo-iovane-and-leonard-j-malinowski.html

enchanted learning says "This shark is often seen following ships"

" It lives at all levels of the ocean and from the shoreline to out at sea"

"If sharks come, God pity him and me. "Santiago, page 68

This explains that he is aware sharks are in the area

traps

#4 if you believe in destiny, you are an that life has no meaning

Ex. No matter what you do in life you will always end up in the same place in the exact same path so why bother?

Openeing

Define destiny:

The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future.

Otherwise saying that everything that happens in our lives is predetermined and inevitable

This means that there is only 1 possible outcome.

In this world we face many choices, when we face choices we can either do 1 thing or another which will lead to different outcomes. Because we are able to make choices we can see clearly that destiny could not exist because destiny says that there is only 1 possible outcome.

As said in the book the old man new there were sharks:

"If sharks come, God pity him and me. "Santiago, page 68

This explains that he is aware sharks are in the area

Since he new there were sharks out there he mad the coice to continue going

In the book Hemmingway references luck a few times for example on page 9 it reads "The old man is now and definetley salao, which is the worst form of unlucky" p9.

A definition for luck would be

Noun: Success or failure brought by chance.

Meaning the possible outcomes of both success and failure. This means