Upon reading 'The Time Traveler's Wife' (which I love so far) I came across one quote that made me think quite a bit. I have heard of this before, but not thought about it as much as I have this time.
"The choices we're working with here are a block universe, where past, present and future all coexist simultaneously and everything has already happened; chaos, where anything can happen and nothing can be predicted because we can't know all the variables; and a Christian universe in which God made everything and it's all here for a purpose but we have free will anyway."
Is this true? I know the book is fiction, but this is also philosophy in its own right. Right? I chose not to believe that past, present and future are coexisting altogether right now. That is why they have the name they have. Although, I can see how this is possible but don't want it to be. I want to have a choice in what I do! Why is everything predetermined? Does this also mean that Fate is true, or non-existent as it may mean both, but yet cannot be both. I am just confusing myself now.
Secondly, Chaos. This can't be true can it, or we would not be able to predict things that science can? And if this is true it means we are responsible for everything? Argh!
Lastly, God and religion. I want to believe this and in writing a debate with Camilla I kind of convinced myself more, yet at the same time there is no real proof and science is such a strong contender.
I really am cofused, can anyone help?!
Another quote which made me think, but not in as much depth or with as much confusion is:
"Why is love intensified in absence?"
This is true. Full stop. Take any sort of love. Love between family is intensified by the feeling of insecurity and homesick-ness. Love between friends is intensified by the feeling of boredom and loss. Finally, and probably most obviously, is what we immediately think of as Love. Although I have not much experience myself, I understand that if there is a true love for someone there is a feeling of such great loss, sorrow and an empty feeling consumes the body. Love, a funny little thing eh?
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