Editing Predestination (section)

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'''Predestination''', in [[theology]], is the doctrine that all events have been willed by [[God in Christianity|God]], usually with reference to the eventual fate of the individual [[soul]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | url = http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/predestination | title = Predestination |encyclopedia=The American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy |edition=Third |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |date=2005 |access-date=13 June 2011 |via=Dictionary.com}}</ref> Explanations of predestination often seek to address the [[Argument from free will|paradox of free will]], whereby God's [[omniscience]] seems incompatible with human [[Free will in theology|free will]]. In this usage, predestination can be regarded as a form of religious [[determinism]]; and usually [[predeterminism]], also known as [[theological determinism]].