existentialism vs nihilism

[Sethomas]

Actually, the word is "indeterminism", something that nobody's heard of except in being contrary to determinism.

In any instance, an atheist believing in destiny would be inchoate anyways (destiny supposes that a higher force posits future events), so atheists rarely have to articulate that point. A more biting question along those lines is the existence of free will. There are many atheists that argue for its existence, but they're typically the kind of people who argue for free will just to make themselves feel better. Supporters of free will are called libertarians (I hate that word because it means so many things, most of which are stupid), opponents are called determinists, and the "best of both worlds" camp call themselves compatibalists. Compatibalism is totally stupid because it draws the kind of compromise that would be like saying, "oh, your wife is somewhat pregnant, but somewhat not pregnant as well!"