I don't think I learned about predestination until I was in high school, so my formative thoughts and opinions were based around free will and life having end-consequences, so predestination never made much sense to me (because I too was thinking "if it's predetermined, how does that influence your actions?"). I think it's an interesting concept, but doesn't seem very useful practically (I have always believed religion is designed to teach morality on the basic level of "This is why you shouldn't be a dick to other people.").
(You know, sometimes I read my thoughts and wonder how on Earth I made it through 13 years of Catholic school.)
I think it's difficult to hide too much in fiction. I mean, what you write is inside your head in some way. Maybe it's not something you'd do (steal people's faces), but the idea that someone could has obviously occurred to you.
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Date: 2011-05-11 05:08 pm (UTC)(You know, sometimes I read my thoughts and wonder how on Earth I made it through 13 years of Catholic school.)
I think it's difficult to hide too much in fiction. I mean, what you write is inside your head in some way. Maybe it's not something you'd do (steal people's faces), but the idea that someone could has obviously occurred to you.