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"Free will and science," FAIR Wiki (City Unknown: FAIR) This FAIR Wiki article responds to the following comments and questions: Science demonstrates that all interactions of matter--including all events in the human brain--are sufficiently caused by previous events. If we know enough about the laws that govern these interactions and the current state of the universe, we would be able to exactly predict any future event. Does this mean that the doctrine of "free agency" or "free will" is false, since all human choices are predetermined by the laws of physics?

John A. Tvedtnes, "Agency vs. Predestination," FAIR (2006) Hebrew scholar John Tvedtnes explores the belief-- among some Protestants-- in predestination and contrasts this belief to the LDS acceptance of moral agency.

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Eldon R. Taylor, "Romans 8:29-30 seems to indicate that Paul believed in predestination. Did he?," Ensign, December 1990, 29.

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