Double predestination

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'''Double predestination''' ([[Double entendre|you read that another way, didn't you?]]) is the belief that [[God]] not only pre-ordained some [[soul]]s to be saved, but also occasionally creates some people whose sole purpose in (or [[afterlife|after]]) [[life]] is to be sent to [[hell]]. {{bible|Romans|9|11|22}} is often cited.

==Predestined to be saved==
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The idea that some people are predestined to be saved, from the moment of their creation, is a fairly common one, derived from the [[Book of Revelation]] — this would be "single predestination", if it wasn't just called "predestination".

==Predestined to be damned==
Some [[theology|theologians]] argue that the concept is not [[bible|Biblical]] in nature, calling it "a horrible decree", "a most ruthless statement", "a terrible theological theory", and "an illegitimate inference of [[logic]]".  
<blockquote>This is, God positively and actively intervenes in the lives of the elect to bring them to [[salvation]]; and in the same way God positively and actively intervenes in the life of the reprobate to bring him to [[sin]].

This distortion makes God the author of sin who punishes a person for doing what God monergistically<ref>{{wpa|Monergism}}</ref> and irresistibly moves man to do. This is not the [[Calvinism|Reformed]] view of predestination, but a gross and inexcusable caricature of the doctrine.<ref>[http://www.theopedia.com/Predestination Predestination] ''Theopedia''.</ref></blockquote>

Others cite a sound Biblical footing for such a doctrine. This generally begins with quoting God's idiosyncratic concepts of righteousness,<ref>{{bible|Romans|1|16|17}}</ref> as well as God's wrath<ref>{{bible|Romans|1|18}}</ref> against all sinful actions. The [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] Church — Missouri Synod objects to it by simply stating that "God wants ''all'' to be saved",<ref>[http://www.lcms.org/doctrine/doctrinalposition#electionofgrace ‘Brief Statement of the Doctrinal Position of the Missouri Synod’]</ref> citing {{bible|1 Timothy|2|4}}.

==Majority Christian doctrine==
However, in the doctrines of most [[Christianity|Christian]] denominations, [[Jesus]] died for our sins. Double predestination implies that he died on behalf of most sinners, but you, you, and you are [[Calvinism|excluded]], because God was feeling a bit grumpy when you were born.

==See also==
*[[Calvinism]]
*[[Fred Phelps]] (believed in ''complete'' double predestination — that is, that ''everyone'' is predestined from birth either to be saved or damned — and behaved in a manner [[Fun:Asshole|consistent with]] [[Bigotry|this belief]])
*[[Predestination]]

==External links==
*[http://www.the-highway.com/DoublePredestination_Sproul.html An essay on Double Predestination]
*[http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/faq/double_predestination.html Double Predestination - Intrinsic-al or Interpretative]
==References==
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