Destiny is understood as a supernatural force that determines people's lives.
Destiny is known as the supernatural force that acts on human beings and the events they face throughout their lives. Destiny would be an inevitable succession of events from which no person can escape.
The existence of destiny assumes that nothing happens by chance but that everything has an already predestined cause, that is, events do not arise from nothing but from this unknown force.
determinism
The philosophical current of determinism points out that all human thoughts and actions are causally determined by a chain of cause and consequence. For strong determinism , there is no event that is random, while weak determinism maintains that there is a correlation between the present and the future subject to the influence of random events.
For many religions , destiny is a plan created by God that cannot be altered by human beings. Christianity, on the other hand, does not believe that there is absolute predestination and maintains that God has endowed man with free will (the power to make his own decisions).
People who believe in the existence of a predetermined destiny often consult specialists in the field of occult sciences to tell them what awaits them in the future . In this case, the line of the hand is usually read, where it is reflected, according to those who believe in these issues.
Destination as a goal
In another, less philosophical and symbolic sense, destination is a point of arrival or a goal. It is usually used to refer to the place where you will travel at a certain time.
On bus station billboards, for example, you can read under the heading "destination" the different points to which buses travel. «Tomorrow we are going on a trip to the beaches of the Caribbean» , «I need a ticket to Mar del Plata» .
Various philosophical and religious currents reflect on the existence of destiny.
Predestination and the will of individuals
A religious doctrine that analyzes and discusses the relationship that exists between the beginning and destiny of things and events is known as predestination .
It differs from other theories , such as determinism, and even free will, in that it ensures that the events of the origin of creation and subsequent evolution are strictly linked to God's decision, which would determine that what happens to us also happens to us. been contemplated by this superior being.
This concept is closely related to the idea of God's omniscience (who knows everything). It is believed that God knows the destiny of the Universe before it existed; In this sense, destiny would be subject to the will of this deity .
Destiny as a divine decision
Numerous discussions have been held on this topic throughout history ; They revolve around not only the existence of the destination as such but also whether someone (an entity, in this case) has the power to know where we are going, that is, who can see that destination. According to orthodox ideas imposed by Christianity and other religions, God can not only know the future, but also the entire past and present, since it is a timeless entity.
Throughout history, human beings have relied on beliefs and commands to justify their actions and to downplay their evil deeds. If destiny as a fixed existence existed, what meaning would each of our decisions have? Does someone push us to choose one path or another? It can be considered that the best way to understand this concept is knowing that we are individual beings, conditioned by our history and our life in society , but totally capable of choosing a certain path and being consistent with it. But, at the same time, recognizing that many things that happen around us will affect the outcome of our path, without necessarily being the ones who direct our steps.