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Originally Posted by cyberstar
the only reason the expression "everything happens for a reason" might bug you is because you don't believe it. And in that case you are probably one of those people who complains about everything that's not to their liking.
If you really understood the phrase and believed that everything that happens to you is not an accident, then you would actually love the phrase.. and say it more often :-)
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What we have here, I think, is the age-old debate of "free will" versus "predestination."
I don't really think that most "free will" thinkers get upset at the idea that there are others out there that feel everything happens for a reason, but it does seem a bit "preachy" when those that believe that every detail of their life is scripted regularly decide it's in everyone's best interest to interject and let their personal philosophies be known to all as if it's proven fact.
And no one likes to be preached to... especially regarding a philosophy that some might consider rather naive... and especially when that considered "naive" view is presented as some age-old kernel of everlasting wisdom.
