Predestinate

A theologian argues that before a person is born, their eternal destiny is already decided by a divine power. No amount of good deeds or prayers can change whether they will go to heaven or hell. This belief has been debated for centuries. What does the theologian believe about human souls? He believes they are predestinated to salvation or damnation.

Fix (to lock an outcome through authority or irreversible decision) contrasts with predestinate, which means to ordain an outcome in advance with absolute, often theological, inevitability beyond human control. Predestinate carries a sense of divine or cosmic pre‑ordination, while fix is more about human‑engineered rigidity.