Does Free Will Exist?

Are our lives decided by God or do we live it OUR way?

My RS-15 class discussed this very interesting topic because of a report that led to this. Don't make me write it here 'coz I don't remember but it was really a classmate of mine who shared to the class his thoughts that our lives are decided by God since we were born and that we only have 20% free will.

I thought it was preposterous! Unacceptable! I mean, no offense to God but even if he gave us our lives I still think that we should live it the way we want to and that thing called destiny is a myth! Romantic movies are so misleading! There's no such thing as the person for me or the one. Wake up people! Especially to the ladies! How many marriages actually end up in divorce? It's not about finding your soulmate but working on a relationship! I haven't been on one but from what I've heard you really work hard for it.

I can already hear the rants of people who believe in destiny!

Okay, you're going to say that most Filipino marriages don't end up in annulment but do the wives smell the whore? The husbands are reeking of it! Most of my friends' fathers have a mistress and some have couple trouble. As I always say, the whole cheating thing is so uso it's next to teenage pregnancy andunwanted pregnancy.

Back to the point. My classmate said that he was destined to be in Xavier University because God had planned it for him and that if a person dies at, lest's say 21 years old, it's his destiny. I asked my teacher what if I commited suicide at the age of 21, did God plan for me to do that? This matter really causes debate so I'm gonna stop as I've shared my opinions already. How about you? What do you think?