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→Other Views: representing the view of Catholics, Orthodox and others that no one is absolutely and irresistibly predestined for hell, with examples of verses they use to support their position.
==Other Views==
==Other Views==
Many Christians have responded to the Biblical evidences presented by predestinarians by contending that those who are termed, in Scripture, God's "Elect," are those who have been chosen for the fulfillment of some particular task in life, as opposed to having been chosen to receive Faith and be saved. In the [[Unification Church]], predestination is limited to the idea that God chooses someone for a great role or mission. According to that church, being chosen for the role is not up to the individual, but the decision to fulfill God's will is.
Many Christians have responded to the Biblical evidences presented by predestinarians by contending that those who are termed, in Scripture, God's "Elect," are those who have been chosen for the fulfillment of some particular task in life, as opposed to having been chosen to receive Faith and be saved. [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]s, [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] and others in support of this view point to verses in scripture such as 2 Peter 3:9 "''The Lord is...'''not''' willing that any should perish''" (KJV) and Acts 17:30 "''but now commandeth '''all''' men everywhere to repent''" (KJV) emphasis added. They claim that the call to "'''all'''" excludes none, so that "'''all'''" have been given the gift of the grace to be able to repent if they so choose, and therefore none is absolutely and irresistibly already predestined for hell from the moment of conception, or from all eternity.
In the [[Unification Church]], predestination is limited to the idea that God chooses someone for a great role or mission. According to that church, being chosen for the role is not up to the individual, but the decision to fulfill God's will is.
A number of Christians, however, hold that no one is predestined for either heaven or hell, but that a person's eternal destiny is determined by his character as it has been shaped by the choices made in life (see [[spiritual growth]]). The Swedish mystic [[Emmanuel Swedenborg]] is identified with such a belief.
A number of Christians, however, hold that no one is predestined for either heaven or hell, but that a person's eternal destiny is determined by his character as it has been shaped by the choices made in life (see [[spiritual growth]]). The Swedish mystic [[Emmanuel Swedenborg]] is identified with such a belief.