Does the phrase "everything happens for a reason" suggest that we have no free will, that existence is limited to a series of pre-determined events that are destined to happen no matter what we do?
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It's one of those phrases that many use but doesn't hold up to scrutiny... As you say. If true it does preclude free will and if so, what's the point of doing anything?
