predestination

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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

There was no longer the belief in predestination, the idea that God has already chosen who will and won't be saved and there's nothing you can do about it.

From Salon • May 26, 2025

Gail fed her children’s developing minds with notions of predestination, aliens and the occult.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024

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

From there I got to thinking about predestination.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns