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==Different concepts of destiny and fate==
 
==Different concepts of destiny and fate==
 
Destiny may be envisaged as fore-ordained by the Divine (for example, the [[Protestant]] concept of [[predestination]]) or by human will (for example, the American concept of [[Manifest Destiny]]).
 
Destiny may be envisaged as fore-ordained by the Divine (for example, the [[Protestant]] concept of [[predestination]]) or by human will (for example, the American concept of [[Manifest Destiny]]).
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<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Destiny''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Destiny this link].</center>
 
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Destiny''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Destiny this link].</center>
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A sense of destiny in its oldest human sense is in the soldier's [[fatalism|fatalistic]] image of the "bullet that has your name on it" or the moment when your number "comes up," or a romance that was "meant to be."  The human sense that there must be a hidden purpose in the random lottery governs the selection of [[Theseus]] to be among the youths to be sacrificed to the Minotaur. Many Greek legends and tales teach the futility of trying to outmaneuver an inexorable fate that has been correctly predicted.
 
A sense of destiny in its oldest human sense is in the soldier's [[fatalism|fatalistic]] image of the "bullet that has your name on it" or the moment when your number "comes up," or a romance that was "meant to be."  The human sense that there must be a hidden purpose in the random lottery governs the selection of [[Theseus]] to be among the youths to be sacrificed to the Minotaur. Many Greek legends and tales teach the futility of trying to outmaneuver an inexorable fate that has been correctly predicted.