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Double predestination is just logically consistent Calvinistic (Augustinian) predestination. It is hideous blasphemy. Judas was in no way predestined to do the things he did. God knew his heart and was using him to "fulfill" (i.e. parallel) certain passages in the Old Testament but there isn't...

Then make the argument. This was said in response to my explicit statement to the contrary. If you are attempting to intentionally waste my time, we will stop getting along very quickly. Yes. The book of Hebrews is teaching doctrine to people from the previous dispensation which required good...

What does that have to do with anything? Incidentally, I believe strongly that homosexuality and adultery should be recriminalized and that those convicted should be publicly and painfully executed and it isn't just 1st Corinthians that supports that!

To be clear, it is very possible that I am reacting to a false impression. It is curious, however, that we've gone this long and I'm still not convinced that's the case. It is still possible though. We'll see. The phrase "lordship salvation" refers to any doctrine or belief that implies a...

There is no such thing as God's "decretive will". And no, you are not a Calvinist in any sense of the word. The title you're looking for is Augustinian. Calvinism is reformed Augustinian doctrine.

Everything was going so well and then those last two sentences!!!! You want to avoid theological pretzels by turning off your mind. Blow your brains out to prevent swallowing poison. That is the opposite of a solution! If you're going to appeal to mystery then why drop Calvinism? There's no...

I really wish you would stop just making totally unsupported statements as though something must me taken as true because you bothered to show up and post a single sentence. I am not going spend time researching your claims and I couldn't care less about your personal opinions. Stop wasting...

That's very interesting! I wonder which texts they chose to translate from?

I just had the following conversation with Chat GPT..... I said: Without referencing any existing English translation of the bible and going strictly by the Greek itself, translate I Thessalonians 4:15-18 into English. ChatGPT said: Here is a direct translation of 1 Thessalonians 4:15–18 from...

So, the Calvinistic understanding of the word 'elect' isn't supported by the text of scripture itself. They basically read their doctrine into the text. Going strictly by what the text itself says, "the elect" generally refers to groups of people that have been selected for a particular purpose...

If you say so. :cool:

(y) No, I do not see that at all. I don't see how such an idea can even be possible. Who's teaching you this stuff. It makes no sense! Universalism is the literally insane notion that every single person will be saved. It teaches that even the likes of Pharoah (i.e. the Exodus Pharoah), Judas...

It seems that talking much about the statistics surrounding covid is almost a fruitless endeavor. That disease was so politicized that I doubt that any statistics concerning it can be trusted hardly at all. They changed so many long standing practices, (not the least of which was to start...

In English, the word "faith" can mean different things, including both "belief and trust" and "allegiance to duty". As in any language, the context determines the meaning and I know of now examples where the meaning of "faith" is unclear. On the subject of being saved by the faith of Christ...

Well, that's the first time I've ever heard that! I can't imagine being part of something that just so flagrantly makes stuff up out of whole clothe like that. Their defense for it can't be any more substantive than "because I said so". How are they any different than Scientology or Branch...

Very frustrating! See what I mean about ignoring what I say? I specifically stated otherwise and you quote it immediately after making that false accusation! What is that if not intellectual dishonesty? I don't follow. Was this a threat coming from you or are you trying to mock something I...

Because we let the text mean what it says and you find "nuanced" ways to make it conform to whatever doctrine you need it to conform to.

So, after writing a rather lengthy response to this post, I hit some weird combination of keys and accidentally wiped the entire thing out. What follows is, believe it or not, an abbreviated version.... First of all I do not disparage you for the sake of disparagement, nor do I do it because...

Those videos are pretty amazing! I wonder how any covenant theologian or anyone at all who wasn't a Mid-Acts dispensationalists would answer the points they make? I've asked people for years to explain to me why would there have been any need for a thirteenth Apostle and no one has offered a...

I appreciate the kind words but I can't take credit for having changed. I have all the insufferably stupid people on ignore. I've always been as patient as can be with anyone who posts actual arguments. Nice analogy! I understand precisely what you mean. Most theological disagreements of any...