"Everything happens for a reason"

No, it doesn't. You probably don't even put much thought in when you say that.

Do you honestly believe that everything is predetermined? You'd have to be some kind of knucklehead to believe in destiny.

If everything happens for a reason, then what's the purpose for me sitting here, on the /lounge/, while eating my kosher potato pancake?

everything happens for a reason...
well, i mean, technically it IS true.
A tree fell on my head. Why? Because the roots were rotten.