12-04-2011, 04:34 AM
LateBloomer Wrote:Depends on your time frame.Do you believe in an all-seeing all-knowing god?
A useful metaphor for life is "river". We can be like a leaf on a river. We can swim upstream or just go with the flow.
If you look at the picture below of a "braided" river imagine you're a kayaker paddling downstream. You have lots of choices, stay to the left, stay to the right, steer down the middle...? The choices are yours: Free Will.
Ultimately, it doesn't matter, because over time you'll be deposited where the river empties into the vast and seemingly infinite ocean (another metaphor if you like).