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21game theory — a mathematical theory that deals with strategies for maximizing gains and minimizing losses within prescribed constraints, as the rules of a card game: widely applied in the solution of various decision making problems, as those of military… …
22universalism — The belief that all human beings will ultimately share in the grace of God s salvation. The NT evidence is unclear. Paul maintains that faithful Christians are preordained to salvation (Rom. 8:29) but does not assert that others are preordained… …
23foreordained — adjective established or prearranged unalterably his place in history was foreordained a sense of predestinate inevitability about it it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world • Syn: ↑predestinate, ↑predestined • Similar to: ↑ …
24pre·or·dained — /ˌpriːjoɚˈdeınd/ adj formal : decided in advance and certain to happen a preordained conclusion Although such an outcome is likely, it is by no means preordained. [=it is not certain] …
25APOSTASY — APOSTASY, term applied by members of the deserted faith for the change of one faith, set of loyalties, and worship for another. The conception of apostasy could not arise in the atmosphere of polytheism practiced in antiquity before the advent of …
26Preordinate — Pre*or di*nate, a. [L. praeordinatus, p. p. See {Preordain}.] Preordained. [R.] Sir T. Elyot. [1913 Webster] …
27Aristotle — For other uses, see Aristotle (disambiguation). Ἀριστοτέλης, Aristotélēs Marble bust of Aristotle. Roman copy after a Gree …
28Creation science — or scientific creationism is a movement within creationism which attempts to use scientific means to disprove the accepted scientific theories on the history of the Earth, cosmology and biological evolution and prove the Genesis account of… …
29Donald Rumsfeld — 13th and 21st United States Secretary of Defense In office January 20, 2001 – December 18, 2006 President George W. Bush Deputy …
30Falsifiability — Are all swans white? Falsifiability or refutability of an assertion, hypothesis or theory is the logical possibility that it can be contradicted by an observation or the outcome of a physical experiment. That something is falsifiable does not… …
