The Puritans believed in Divine Election and Predestination -- some people were just going to Heaven, no matter what, while others were headed the other way because that was just their fate.
Judaism vehemently disagrees, elevating the importance of human free will as one of our foundational beliefs. Free will ties in to good and evil, to G-d's will and ours, to questions of predeterminism and why G-d made the world.
In this lecture, part 2 of 3, Rabbi Pinchas Taylor leads us on an exploration of this crucial topic.
