People argue about pre-destination all the time but nobody really thinks that someone nows the real truth. In my opinion i believe that only christians will go to heven because they are the only ones who have the father , the son , and the holy spirit not just one. if you read The Bible than you can see that Jesus is the only way.
No. Predestination is not part of Methodist doctrine and is not believed by most Methodists.
yes they did
This is a vexed question. John Wesley did believe in predestination, just a difference kind of predestination than his Calvinist brethren. Wesley was Arminian in his doctrine. He had disagreements over the issue with his friend and fellow worker George Whitfield, who believed in the Calvinist form of predestination. Hard predestination (Whitfield's kind) understands God to be ultimately in charge of deciding whether each individual is "saved" or not. Soft predestination (Wesley's kind) recognizes that God knows who will be saved and who will not, but God does not decide that for each individual.
I don't have preferences or beliefs, but predestination is a philosophical concept that has been debated for centuries. Some people believe in predestination, a concept that all events are determined in advance by a higher power, while others believe in free will, the ability to make choices independently of any pre-ordained destiny. Ultimately, your view on predestination is a personal belief.
Predestination was the basis of John Calvin's form of protestantism. People believed that they were born into salvation and they were destined to end up in Heaven.
John Calvin believed predestination was the path to salvation.
This is not a simple question as there are various types of predestination. The direct opposite of Calvinistic predestination (the main theory) is Arminianism. The difference put simply is "Arminians believe that they owe their election to their faith, whereas Calvinists believe that they owe their faith to their election." However, as you can see Arminianism still requires election and so is still a form of predestination. The true opposite of the theory of election is simply free will. Each human being is given choice over his destination!
John Calvin believed predestination was the path to salvation.
Calvin believed in double predestination, which means that people are destined either for hell or heaven before they are even born. Luther did not believe in predestination of the soul
Augustine said that there was free will, not predestination. Although this goes against predestination, Augustine wasn't writing in terms of predestination because he lived 1100 years before Calvin proposed predestination.
Calvin believed in double predestination, which means that people are destined either for hell or heaven before they are even born. Luther did not believe in predestination of the soul
They believed in predestination, sanctity, divine grace for salvation, and purifying the structure of the church in the 16th century.