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No, that's an accurate description of what calvinists believe. According to Calvinism, it will never happen that someone does something OTHER than what God has predetermined they will do. Then there is no possible alternative. This is the sort of doublespeak that Compatibilist Calvinists...

Please explain for us, in as much or as little detail as you like, how someone who is incapable of doing anything other than what God has predetermined for them to do, doing something God predetermined that they do, means they are therefore responsible for their actions? "God made me do it,"...

Will Duffy shows us something that most Mid-Acts Dispensationalists miss (And I include myself in this) that needs to be incorporated into our understanding and teaching on Acts. Part 1: Part 2: Part 3:

No, you haven't. Also, how many times does this make it, I've told you to use the "+Quote" button to reply to posts. Please do so.

The government doesn't have the right to force men to become tax collectors. Sales tax (or consumption tax) does so, because it requires people to keep track of every purchase in order to make sure they're paying the required tax, and on top of that, transacting and accounting for millions of...

Ok, here's the problem I see with this. Take lumber, for example. A company purchases logging equipment, and is taxed on each purchase. They then buy a plot of land for their business to operate out of, and a patch of forest to do their work in. They are taxed for each purchase. For each load...

As far as I'm aware.

Personal increase, not personal income rate increase. You're describing the latter. Also, according to the proposed Constitution, taxes would be remitted monthly, not yearly. Personal increase (at least in my mind) is whatever money goes into your "bank account" (or piggy bank, or safe, etc.)...

Such as? Be specific.

Pretty sure it only included persons, and not corporate entities or companies or businesses, etc..

You're welcome. :) You mean for when someone purchases something?

So they're given grace after they've been given grace?

Why do you continue to do your theology on verses as if they were in a vacuum? The ENTIRE WORLD was reconciled to God by the death of Christ. BELIEVERS, who "were reconciled to God by the death of His Son," (because Christ's death happened 2000 years ago) are SAVED by Christ's life, because...

Moving this to a separate thread: Ok, how do you propose the government funds itself that does not harm its citizens nor the citizens of other countries? In an (or at least my) ideal world, considering the proposed Constitution's method of paying the king, which states that the king may...

Should read "any other kind of tax besides income tax" since income tax is the only just form of taxation a government may use.

Straw man. God said He will save those who believe. We're not "getting God to save us" by having faith. We're submitting to Him because He said to do so. What if GOD is the one who has deemed it necessary? Can your position deal with that possibility?

Using "it" to refer to a person is, in fact, derogatory. It has the appearance of being derogatory because it IS derogatory. Then it should be a simple matter of not using it anymore, now that you've been informed. On the contrary, at the very least, it's because you don't recognize tthe...

There is no water in 1 Peter 3:21. In fact, Petere explicitly states that he is not talking about water baptism. There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus...

No, there cannot. Stolen concept fallacy. You shouldn't be. Part of discovering truth is using reason. Just because one hasn't uncovered the whole truth, doesn't mean that there is "beyond truth" or "truth without reason." Some things cannot be answered. Others, you just have to try...

What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”Now to him who works...