Predestination
noun
The belief that every event, including human choices and actions, has already been decided by God or a higher power.
Some people believe in predestination, thinking that their entire life path is already mapped out.
Often appears as...
- doctrine of predestination
- predestination in theology
noun
In computing, it's the situation when the outcome of a process, calculation, or logic path is determined in advance.
The predestination of the computer program ensured it always delivered the same outcome, regardless of the inputs.
Often appears as...
- predestination of program
- predestination in computing
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noun
The belief that every event, including human choices and actions, has already been decided by God or a higher power.
Some people believe in predestination, thinking that their entire life path is already mapped out.
Often appears as...
- doctrine of predestination
- predestination in theology
noun
In computing, it's the situation when the outcome of a process, calculation, or logic path is determined in advance.
The predestination of the computer program ensured it always delivered the same outcome, regardless of the inputs.
Often appears as...
- predestination of program
- predestination in computing
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Typically used within religious discussions, particularly around destiny and divine will.
The priest discussed predestination in his sermon.
Pro Tip 2/3Philosophical Debate
Often sparks debate about free will versus destiny in philosophical or religious conversations.
Is our future an open book or is predestination at play?
Pro Tip 3/3Historic Concepts
Has historical significance in theology, especially in debates during the Reformation.
Calvin's teachings on predestination greatly influenced Protestant theology.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Typically used within religious discussions, particularly around destiny and divine will.
The priest discussed predestination in his sermon.
Pro Tip 2/3Philosophical Debate
Often sparks debate about free will versus destiny in philosophical or religious conversations.
Is our future an open book or is predestination at play?
Pro Tip 3/3Historic Concepts
Has historical significance in theology, especially in debates during the Reformation.
Calvin's teachings on predestination greatly influenced Protestant theology.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Typically used within religious discussions, particularly around destiny and divine will.
The priest discussed predestination in his sermon.
Pro Tip 2/3Philosophical Debate
Often sparks debate about free will versus destiny in philosophical or religious conversations.
Is our future an open book or is predestination at play?
Pro Tip 3/3Historic Concepts
Has historical significance in theology, especially in debates during the Reformation.
Calvin's teachings on predestination greatly influenced Protestant theology.
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Anthony Marra
American Writer
For the uninitiated, 'Calvin and Hobbes' is a daily comic strip detailing the antics of an unruly six-year-old and his misanthropic stuffed tiger. The boy, whose vocabulary is packed with more 10-dollar words than a GRE flashcard set, is named after John Calvin, the Reformation-era theologian who preached the doctrine of predestination.
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Robert Eggers
American Director
Digging into the creation of the Puritan mind-set involved really trying to wrap my head around extreme Calvinism and what that's all about. I now understand predestination, and I had to read the Geneva Bible cover-to-cover and read the gospels quite a bit to get into that world.
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Indian Leader
Only the wise know just where predestination ends and free will begins. Meanwhile, you must keep on doing your best, according to your own clearest understanding. you must long for freedom as the drowning man longs for air. Without sincere longing, you will never find God.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
This great question of predestination and free will, of free moral agency and accountability, and being saved by the grace of God, and damned for the glory of God, have occupied the mind of what we call the civilized world for many centuries.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be.
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Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistani Poet
Unbeliever is he who follows predestination even if he be Muslim, Faithful is he, if he himself is the Divine Destiny.
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Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistani Poet
Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders.
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Shelley Long
American Actress
I don't believe in predestination, even though I was raised a Presbyterian.
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Bela Lugosi
Austrian Actor
Women have a predestination to suffering.
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Anthony Marra
American Writer
For the uninitiated, 'Calvin and Hobbes' is a daily comic strip detailing the antics of an unruly six-year-old and his misanthropic stuffed tiger. The boy, whose vocabulary is packed with more 10-dollar words than a GRE flashcard set, is named after John Calvin, the Reformation-era theologian who preached the doctrine of predestination.
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Robert Eggers
American Director
Digging into the creation of the Puritan mind-set involved really trying to wrap my head around extreme Calvinism and what that's all about. I now understand predestination, and I had to read the Geneva Bible cover-to-cover and read the gospels quite a bit to get into that world.
Quote examples
Paramahansa Yogananda
Indian Leader
Only the wise know just where predestination ends and free will begins. Meanwhile, you must keep on doing your best, according to your own clearest understanding. you must long for freedom as the drowning man longs for air. Without sincere longing, you will never find God.
Quote examples
Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
This great question of predestination and free will, of free moral agency and accountability, and being saved by the grace of God, and damned for the glory of God, have occupied the mind of what we call the civilized world for many centuries.
Quote examples
Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.
Quote examples
Morgan Freeman
American Actor
I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be.
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Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistani Poet
Unbeliever is he who follows predestination even if he be Muslim, Faithful is he, if he himself is the Divine Destiny.
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Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistani Poet
Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders.
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Shelley Long
American Actress
I don't believe in predestination, even though I was raised a Presbyterian.
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Bela Lugosi
Austrian Actor
Women have a predestination to suffering.
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