Do you believe in fate and destiny

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Are you a believer of fate and destiny. I am a sort of regretful person who keeps ruminating on the past. My friends say that I should leave things on destiny. It all happens for a reason and we don't have control over everything.
Do you believe in destiny and how do you overcome regrets?

Yes,I believe in destiny. But unfortunately I play regrets over and over in my head. Wish I could let it go.

No this belief that 'everything happens for a reason' is naive codswallop.

No. Total rubbish imo. There are things we can control and things we can't, but that's it. We are the product of our choices and how we choose to react to external influences. If everything were pre ordained, nothing we did would matter. I find that idea horrifying.

No.

I believe in destiny more than I believe in fate.

well it's sort of true but a. sometimes the reason is outside your control and b. sometimes the reason is that you are stupid and make bad decisions.

I 100% believe in chance and coincidence. Easy to say whatever happens is destiny. But I DO believe in luck.. some things (eg Illness) one can't change.

Nope

No. That would mean I have no agency on my life. Couldn't stand the thought of that.

I don’t think so in every day stuff

i mean i choose whether I look before I cross the road.

but some more obscure things, I wonder about.

I’m regretting some crap decisions lately and I don’t think there’s a good reading for me having fucked up