PREDESTINATION, n. The doctrine that all things occur according to programme.... not be confused with that of foreordination. The difference is great enough to have deluged Christendom with ink, to say nothing of the gore. (Ambrose Bierce)

PREDESTINATION, n. The doctrine that all things occur according to programme.... not be confused with that of foreordination. The difference is great enough to have deluged Christendom with ink, to say nothing of the gore.

Ambrose Bierce

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