And finally the abstract of Janki Patel Fate vs Free Will Is our life predetermined? Do we really control our destiny? How can God allow bad things to happen? Is God truly good? How does our belief on free will impact our behavior? In this paper, I will describe my own thoughts on how much free will we have and how much God controls of our destiny. I will answer the questions focusing on the elements from different sects of the Hindu religion. I will present a philosophical approach on human psychology using the text of the Bhagavad Gita from Hinduism. In another part of my paper, I will use the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas on human psychology to compare to the teachings of Hinduism. I will interpret Aquinas’ Summa Theologica to support my thoughts. Additionally I will compare the two older texts of works with a philosophical approach from a more contemporary piece, “Two Concepts of Liberty” by Isaiah Berlin. The overall aim of my paper is to understand that we think we have free will, but in actuality God controls our decisions. The only reason we think that our thoughts are ours is because we don’t have a tangible knowledge of anyone telling us what to think, but our soul gets this knowledge from God. jfrcconference.altervista.org/pagina-504909.html
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