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Old 12-20-2004, 01:46 AM  
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Originally posted by WiredGuy
I believe the bigger things in life (meeting someone, graduation, a job, etc...) can be attributed to fate or a greater force in nature. The smaller things that we don't notice or take for granted I think are not controlled.

WG
That position is untenable, because the small events have an impact on the large events, basic chaos theory. What if you paused a moment to look for something before you left your home? If you didn't do that small thing, then you might have been killed in a car wreck.
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