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I think fate and destiny are real.
There are things you don't have control over such as a car broadsiding you out of the blue, that's fate. There are things that will happen because they have to, like someone who wants to be a parent generally are destined to be a parent.
However, people confuse these terms. Fate is something you cannot control, so that's pretty clear, IMO. Destiny is more tricky because I think it can change. If you're a drug addict, you're destined to die young, but you could get sober and that would change. If think destiny only works if everything stays the same going forward, fate happens regardless of what you do. You have agency in destiny but not in fate.
This answer is on the best track. Yes, there are certain things....fate if you want....that you cannot change. Things happen in the universe that you cannot control and are just fate. But I don't believe there is no free will. People can make decisions and change a situation for better or for worse. I don't believe it is just "fate" if you go and punch someone in the face and go to jail. That was a choice.
