fate

In the 26 January issue of Science, a community of tubeworms thriving on a decomposing whale carcass is described. The female is a typical tubeworm, living on bacteria that fill its tube. The male, however, has ... how can I put this ... devolved. It lives in the female's tube and has no mouth...

http://tinyurl.com/y2dhwv Isn't the irony lovely? Thehead of a religion that worships a myth warns scientists by invoking an older mythology.

Accurately predicting the fate of death row inmates does not require any knowledge of the case or trial. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0427/p17s01-usju.html

Free will doesn't exist when you believe in an ultimate being. If you don't believe in an ultimate being you have free will. Any questions?

It seems as if an immaterialists' (and no, not just the ones on this board) view of materialism dictates that, since all functions are on the material level, it is possible to scientifically predict a person's decisions and actions. This would be the same as fate, right? If this is the same as...

First of all, I apologize to Joshua for hijacking his thread when I asked Franko to expand on the word he had used - "fate". Fate is a concept that had always interested me, but as with many things, the jury is still out on what I believe. A friend of mine always uses the expression, "If...