It's not like this site is called "Soothing Murmurs"

Davey's mommy picked the wrong blog to read in the middle of the night:

I dislike the idea of predestination pretty intensely. I'm hoping this is one of those "it's a mystery and that means it's not what it sounds like" Catholic things.

The problem with disliking predestination is that it's taught throughout the Bible, most famously in Romans 8:

For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined he also called; and those he called he also justified; and those he justified he also glorified.

These words have to mean something. Fortunately, there is a lot of "it's not what it sounds like," and yes, St. Augustine is not the final word.

Here is one way to think about predestination in ten words or less: "God is the cause of all goodness, including yours." If you can agree with that, the rest of the Church's dogmatic teachings on this fall more or less into line.

(I'm just glad I didn't write anything on the question of whether pets go to heaven.)

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