Predestinacija Asmens Būtyje
Predestination in the Subsistence of Individual

Summary/Abstract: In all the times individuals have been interested in their own destiny. If someone determines a person’s life, then maybe the person is only a marionette. Maybe it is possible somehow to deceive destiny or fate, to choose another version than the one intended for you. And maybe only we, and no one else, determine our own actions? The doctrine of predestination has been widely described and defended by Reformation theologian, John Calvin. He marked the line very distinctly between rescued and condemned people. According to Calvin’s concept, predetermination is the precedent destiny or fate of individual, and only elected are deserved to be salvaged because they are privileged with mercy. Perhaps there could be an intermediate version: we create our own life, but sometimes fate intervenes. How is it possible? Let us say that God, the supreme power of destiny, is watching our lives and help some moment when we, according to him, are doing something wrong or reckless. But should not the individual decide and determine his own life? After all, God gave freedom to choose to humans. For examples, to choose whether to eat the fruit of the good and evil tree of knowledge; to choose their way of life: to go straight or to turn to the wayside; to behave honestly or not. If our life is governed by the predestination, could God allow humans to know good and evil?

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