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Now see! That's called "citing your source" and is a terrific step in the right direction! It would have been better both for you and for those who are participating here if you had taken the time to spell out at least some of the specifics yourself, but something's better than nothing. Let's...

You're ridiculous. The occasional opinion peppered here and there is nothing that anyone has any problem with but you consistently fail to make any sort of argument even when your accusing me of being a hypocrite! Do you actually believe that the fact that you've shown up here to call me a...

The truth has no defense against the fool who is determined to believe a lie. (That's a quote of someone. I forget who.)

So says you. Maybe you're right, maybe not. Maybe its relevant to the discussion at hand, maybe it isn't. One thing's for sure... SAYING IT DOESN'T MAKE IT SO! If you don't want to make an argument where you provide some sort of substance behind your personal opinions, don't bother...

If that were true you'd not post your mere opinions as though your having stated them proves them true. The point is that I'm trying to get you to make an actual argument that supports your claims. That's the whole point of being here. Your personal opinions, in and of themselves, are a waste...

I'm attacking no such straw man. You're trying to argue that Calvin's doctrine as described in his books isn't Calvinism and that simply isn't the case. Calvin's doctrine is Calvinism from the horse's own mouth. And it has nothing to do with "whatever I think I understand", either. I have not...

I challenge you to find a single example where anything in any of those three publications contradicts a syllable of Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion or anything in the twenty-two volumes of biblical commentaries that Calvin wrote. Just one! You won't even try because you know...

No body cares what you agree with, marke! Your personal opinions carry no weight whatsoever. MAKE AN ARGUMENT!

Who cares what you believe? Make an argument or find a different hobby. Psalms 139 is talking about a babies development inside the womb and says nothing at all about God unjustly despising unborn babies.

Stunningly unresponsive.

Nope. God never hated Esau in the sense you mean it here. The use of the term "hated" is a Hebrew idiom (figure of speech) that means "less favored". No, it doesn't mean that at all. God is just. He is not arbitrary and does not despise unborn babies - ever - period. Correct. If it did, it...

You can always tell when someone lets their doctrine tell them what the bible says vs. letting the bible tell them what their doctrine should be when this specific issue comes up because there is one verse that completely shuts down the entire question when it is simply read and allowed to say...

"Election" according to Calvin.... “The devil, and the whole train of the ungodly, are in all directions, held in by the hand of God as with a bridle, so that they can neither conceive any mischief, nor plan what they have conceived, nor how muchsoever they may have planned, move a single...

All of what are commonly referred to as the "identification truths" are matters of Christian doctrine that we are to "reckon" to be true of ourselves. The word "reckon" is used most frequently in the King James and not as often in the New King James, which is the version I prefer but the meaning...

Are you trying to persuade me of something?

I'm not sure I would say that they were all "lying" in the sense that they are intentionally trying to deceive people or that they do not believe what they say. There are clearly exceptions but generally, its quite the contrary, most professional scientists absolutely do believe what they say...

No, it is not! Look, I don't know who told you that but they are flatly wrong. A proper appeal to authority would be one where the expertise itself was in question, not the conclusions of his science. So, lets say that you offered some scientific evidence of XYZ theory is true and then someone...

Who cares what you believe? Why would I ever suggest otherwise? That's not entirely sound logic but, okay... If all you were doing was wildly guessing with no thought at all to the evidence, then yeah, you'd have a 50-50 chance of guessing correctly. So what? True. A claim is either true or...

I sort of doubt that its even as much responsibility taken on by carrying a gun than there is by driving a car. Treating a gun as though its a holy relic or something is a great way to end up doing something stupid with it like getting it taken away and finding yourself shot with it by the bad...

Agreed. Many of the biblical prophecies concerned whole groups of people which is very doable and with the level of precision that God knows the hearts of the people in any particular group, it would not only be doable, it would be easy. There's no need for any sort of magic or meticulous...