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predestination [priːˌdestıˈneıʃən] N

predestination

宿命论 sùmìnglùn

predestination

命定论 mìngdìnglùn

predestination

命运 mìngyùn

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The definitional confusion here is that there is already a name for this very concept: predestination. en.wikipedia.org

Smith did not focus his preaching on predestination or original sin; instead he emphasized the importance of reason and morality. en.wikipedia.org

Predestination is often considered a form of hard theological determinism. en.wikipedia.org

Nowhere does he give consideration as to what he means by terms like redemption or predestination. en.wikipedia.org

These arguments are deeply concerned with the implications of predestination. en.wikipedia.org

He made his views known only in the late 1620s, but stated that around 1605 he had already decided against predestination. en.wikipedia.org

He observed that belief in predestination, particularly to salvation, could have the additional tendency to make people insufferably self-righteous. en.wikipedia.org

Often in fiction, the time traveler does not merely fail to prevent the actions, but in fact precipitates them (see predestination paradox), usually by accident. en.wikipedia.org

This dichotomy is reflected in a larger series of seeming antinomies: faith or reason, modern knowledge or ancient beliefs, free will or predestination. en.wikipedia.org

The question is time, becoming as the bringing into play of the non-programmed, the im-probable, destiny as non-predestination. en.wikipedia.org

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