Predestination, in theology, is the doctrine that all events have been willed by
God, usually with reference to the eventual fate of the individual
soul. Explanations of predestination often seek to address the "
paradox of free will", whereby God's
omniscience seems incompatible with human
free will. In this usage, predestination can be regarded as a form of religious
determinism; and usually
predeterminism.