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You should develop the habit of quoting the passages you cite so that I and others don't have to go in behind you and figure out what you're talking about. I don't have the New Testament memorized. II Peter3: 15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make...

None of them teach that at all. You are reading your doctrine into the text. A point I have already made. Indeed, none of your doctrine's distinctive teachings (i.e. those teachings that distinguish it from the rest of Christianity) are taught in scripture at all. The ENTIRE TULIP is 100%...

Restating your doctrine does nothing to rebut the arguments that have been presented and that prove your doctrine false.\\ God is just. Therefore Calvinism is FALSE!

LOL! You hardly ever type a post that does not presuppose my doctrine! Fools are fools, Doug! I call it as I see it - for free! Besides, don't you believe that God has predestined me to type every word? You must believe that God decreed my every word and that I would win every debate I've...

Repeating you position does not count as a rebuttal. I use God's definition. It is you who has changed to to mean "arbitrary", by your own words! Nice words but even this much is not logically compatible with you doctrine. We agree that sin is to be punished in one way or another. The problem...

On the contrary! God is just! That is my primary premise in the argument against your doctrine and it is one that you cannot deal with except to redefine what the word means, which is to not deal with it. MY DEFINITION? Did I miss something? Was I sleep walking when the English language...

Thank you for proving my point.

No, the fall did not. I agree that the scripture is amazingly good instruction and I would also say that the more biblical you think, the better your thinking (and vise versa) but, "since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are...

I did explain. There is no wisdom dust that God sprinkles on your head to "give you wisdom". Is there anything that isn't mystical to you? My point is that you create a false dichotomy when you talk about things like "God's wisdom" in the way you did. God is wise, of course. God is also very...

But not to the argument made. Quoting my post doesn't count as responding to the argument. You've got nothing. Just like every other mindless Calvinist.

I have not only read the book of Romans, I have physically written it out by hand along with the rest of Paul's epistles. Do you have ANY intention of responding to the arguments I've made, or is this sort of stupidity the best you've got?

IF so, God is unjust! God is good! Therefore, Calvinism is false.

Have you noticed how Calvinist seem to hardly ever actually quote the verses that they cite? And what the never do is cite, much less quote, whole passages of scripture! It's pretty much always isolated verses removed from their context. Every wonder why that is? I believe it is because they...

There is a big difference between being weak and being evil. A rogue king that has gone far enough off the reservation to trigger a process intended to remove him from the throne would not be merely weak but actively unjust and unacceptably tyrannical and destructive. There are few other...

No, you don't. What you believe isn't "tied to Calvinism" it is Calvinism. To whatever extent you believe the bible teaches what you believe about original sin, total depravity, et al., you are reading that doctrine into the text. Which is to say that you believe what you've been taught to...

Since we're on these topics of not only Open Theism but also God's word and sound reason, I want to take the opportunity to express how profound I think it is how closely those two things are related to each other and how critical it is to understand first principles BEFORE undertaking the task...

That is NOT what I Corinthians 2:14 is teaching and even if it were, it has nearly nothing to do with what I said. It certainly does not contradict what I said. Indeed, it is in perfect agreement with what I said. All truth is rational - ALL TRUTH! There is simply no such thing as an irrational...

Reading scripture does NOT cause sound reason! The doctrines taught by people who don't just read the bible but have much, sometimes all, of it memorized is as varied and inconsistent as with any other random sampling of believers. Further, Proverbs 4:7 talks about wisdom being "the principle...

Jesus is God, but other than that, you're statement is correct. Jesus, however, was a Jew who lived under and followed the Law and taught others to do the same. This same Jesus, however, cut off Israel due to their unbelief and now the only roll the law plays is conviction of sin and if we place...

No, not according to Calvinism. There is no such thing as volition in the Calvinist system. There isn't a rogue atom in all of existence, so says R.C. Sproul. If someone "develops a love for God" then that happens not merely because God predestined it, not just because of God's decree but...