Much misunderstanding arises through confusing the Christian Doctrine of Predestination with the heathen doctrine of Fatalism. There is, in reality, only one point of agreement between the two, which is, that both assume the absolute certainty of all future events. The essential difference between them is that Fatalism has no place for a personal God.

Boettner, L. (1932). The Reformed doctrine of predestination (p. 205). Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company.