ITT We Discuss Theology

[SWTXBelle]

Oh, I don't have any idea where I will be in five years - the past 12 years or so have taught me that!

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT - A Word A Day had this as a comment:
Def: Belief in the doctrine of predestination, that the divine will has predetermined the course of events, people's fate, etc. Here's a limerick by Maurice E. Hare (1886-1967) that perfectly illustrates the word predestinarianism:
There once was a man who said "Damn!
It occurs to me that I am
A being that moves
In predestinate grooves:
I'm not even a bus, I'm a tram!"

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT - A Word A Day had this as a comment:
Def: Belief in the doctrine of predestination, that the divine will has predetermined the course of events, people's fate, etc. Here's a limerick by Maurice E. Hare (1886-1967) that perfectly illustrates the word predestinarianism:
There once was a man who said "Damn!
It occurs to me that I am
A being that moves
In predestinate grooves:
I'm not even a bus, I'm a tram!"

LOL.

As the regular Presbyterian contributor to this conversation, however, I feel compelled to point out that predestination =/= "Belief . . . that the divine will has predetermined the course of events, people's fate, etc.," at least not as used by those of us in the tradition with whom it is primarily associated.