[Dave]

That sounds a little like those Final Destination movies - the teenagers were meant to die, so they ARE still going to die in some equally horrible way.

You may be correct that our FATE is pre-determined and cannot be changed, but I'm with Princess Ivy, when she said "i've always been more of a fan of freewill and being able to change things." I mean, what's the point of life if you cannot aspire to anything greater than the lot you were born with? Or, what is the point of trying harder, if you will get given it on a silver platter anyway?

I guess that is a philosophical question though, and as such we are never going to come to a definitive answer.