Fate

Will I get out of bed, walk outside, and get hit by a bus or will I be five minutes late for my own demise? If I oversleep and survive, have I just cheated fate? Or was I just not meant to go just yet?
If I knew I could have been killed, would that have saved me? One could think: “Well, now that I know what will happen, I will be able to avoid it.” What if finding out is part of what is going to happen? If I know what will happen and purposely oversleep. Then, go outside and get hit by the 10:15AM bus instead of the 10:00AM bus, did it really help for me to know? These are questions referring to an age old nemesis of free will and choice. That diabolic entity is ... Fate.
Fate, one of the eternal questions man has not been able to answer. Does fate exist? Is my destiny predetermined or am I free to do as I wish? Throughout the centuries people have wondered these very questions. Countless civilizations and religions have formulated their own ideas on Fate. The...