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

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

Linda does not believe in the predestination of zodiac signs, but there is nothing stopping her from choosing to represent her own, at her own free will.

From Salon

That autonomy keeps “Maria” from being a thematic gut punch about predestination like Larraín’s other outings, but Jolie’s stunning central performance makes up for what the film’s story lacks.

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times