predestination
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Presbyterians, such as those who pray at the Koreatown church, have historically believed in predestination, the idea that God has determined everyone’s fate and we can’t do a thing about it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
Such theological reasoning is serious, stalwart and chilly, not unrelated to the cold logic of double predestination and the denial of free will.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
He said: “It’s an attempt to predict the future, which is, of course, impossible. So it ties into the themes of fate, predestination, and the unpredictability of the future.”
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024
Where the first season was an examination of predestination, these new episodes play with determinism.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2023
From there I got to thinking about predestination.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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World Religions
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Chapter 20: Renaissance and Reformation
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The Renaissance and Reformation, Lessons 3–4
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