predestination

Example Sentences

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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

Where the first season was an examination of predestination and an identity reset for its namesake hero, these new episodes play with determinism – the theory that all our actions are inevitable.

From Salon

The idea of being related to any idea with predestination, "So what's the f**king point then?"

From Salon

“If I still believed in predestination,” he says, “I would have called our coming together fate. This band was my refuge.”

From New York Times

The doctrine of predestination is particularly tough in this regard since it deems losers those whom God has not selected for salvation.

From Washington Post