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Old 08-20-2013, 11:32 AM
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Question Premature death, or was it just their time to go?
Over the years, I have heard many people say something to the effect that when your time comes, well, it's just your time. Everyone has to go sometime. One woman told me that her lifestyle wouldn't make any difference because her days were numbered from when she was conceived or born. Others have said when the man upstairs wants you, he will come and get you.

How does that square with the concept of personal responsibility and free will? If a person does something that contributes to their own demise, did that person die a premature death, due to their own neglect, or was it just inevitably their time to go?