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Predestination (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠permissible to write only out of the most frightful suffering; it is less a theory than a sigh, or a cry.

Predestination (n.) turns ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠'He has commanded it' into 'He will punish whoever does not do it'; 'God commanded it, therefore we must be able' means nothing, for there is no therefore.

Predestination (n.) taught ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as a being who picks in advance who will live the life that leads to torment is not punishment but a natural law; it can yield only despair or incredulity.

Predestination (n.) or ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠election by grace is not a theory but a sigh or a cry, permissible to write only out of the most frightful suffering.

Predestination (n.) taught ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠plainly is no punishment but a kind of natural law — and can breed only despair or incredulity, never ethical training.