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  1. Clete

    Does man naturally have ability to Seek God ?

    Your proof texting a single out of context sentence doesn't negate the whole passages of scripture that contradict your doctrine. Your "revealed by God" doctrine is in contradiction to God's word which was written down for everyone to read so that men, like you, are without excuse. Not that...
  2. Clete

    Does man naturally have ability to Seek God ?

    Typical Calvinist double talk. You believe that every single event that happens was predestined by God before time began and that nothing could ever happen apart or in any way different from what God predestined. You further believe that there was NO CAUSE for what God predestined. In other...
  3. Clete

    Does man naturally have ability to Seek God ?

    The only thing you have to know to discard nearly every syllable that b57 writes on this website is that God is righteous. If believing in a God that is just is important to you, then that's both the first and the last step in the process of rejecting Calvinism. B57 claims the we have no free...
  4. Clete

    Does man naturally have ability to Seek God ?

    If so, God is unjust!
  5. Clete

    Faith to believe on Christ !

    If this kind of proof-texting where valid, where you start with a doctrine and then go fishing for verses to support it, then David Koresh was a Messiah, just as he claimed to be. He had pretty nearly the entire bible memorized and could proof-text his doctrine all day long and twice on Sundays...
  6. Clete

    Calvinism: God is waiting on God to finish saving sinners before moving forward

    Again, even if I were to grant this completely insignificant point, it doesn't begin to compare with the massive and undeniable changes that the English language has undergone in the last 400+ years. The NKJV is translated from basically the exact same texts as was the KJV. That alone makes the...
  7. Clete

    Calvinism: God is waiting on God to finish saving sinners before moving forward

    Then what are we talking about? Except that "kill" is NOT the correct English word for what is meant in that sentence. It wasn't right even in 1611! But we do Acts 12:4? Then why didn't they use the word murder? It is precisely the same Hebrew word used in Jeremiah 7:9 (and elsewhere) where...
  8. Clete

    Calvinism: God is waiting on God to finish saving sinners before moving forward

    Okay, so this is why I hesitate to even get into this kind of discussion on this topic. It's just silly. Let's say you're right and that it's referring to a Pagan Greek festival which was not commonly observed in the Roman Empire. Fine! You're going to tell me that this is the reason you think...
  9. Clete

    Calvinism: God is waiting on God to finish saving sinners before moving forward

    Why would it need to indicate anyone was going to wait an entire year?
  10. Clete

    Calvinism: God is waiting on God to finish saving sinners before moving forward

    The KJV does exactly that. Not a chance that Easter is the correct translation with or without a woodenly literal word for word translation paradigm. In 1611 the word Easter had the same meaning that it has today. It's referencing the Christianized version of Easter, not the ancient Pagan...
  11. Clete

    Calvinism: God is waiting on God to finish saving sinners before moving forward

    They'd have even less problem understanding the NKJV, far less actually.
  12. Clete

    Calvinism: God is waiting on God to finish saving sinners before moving forward

    Granting for the sake of argument that such a flaw actually exists, it isn't nearly as flawed as 16th century English is different in both usage and meaning from modern English. In effect, the entire KJV is flawed because we no longer think, read or speak 16th century English.
  13. Clete

    Calvinism: God is waiting on God to finish saving sinners before moving forward

    I'll answer twice.... 1. What if EVERY SINGLE Greek (and Hebrew) word in the entire bible was translated into a version of the English language that is no longer being used? 2. Errors are obviously possible and we can hope for a perfect translation but at the end of the day, its a translation...
  14. Clete

    Calvinism: God is waiting on God to finish saving sinners before moving forward

    Problem? No, not really a "problem" as though I can't understand it but that doesn't mean it doesn't sound foreign or that it isn't more difficult than it needs to be, especially when trying to read longer passages. Also, for the uninitiated, the King James can be quite difficult indeed. The...
  15. Clete

    Calvinism: God is waiting on God to finish saving sinners before moving forward

    Its called the New King James for a reason. It is translated from the same texts that the King James was translated from. The rare and slight deviations from the King James are insignificant in comparison to the degree to which modern English has departed from late 16th and early 17th century...
  16. Clete

    Dinosaurs are fake and leads to atheism!

    Saying it doesn't make it so.
  17. Clete

    Calvinism: God is waiting on God to finish saving sinners before moving forward

    Completely brilliant point! Incidentally, you should consider switching to the NKJV. Forty three year old English is easier to read and understand than 411 year old English.
  18. Clete

    Calvinism: God is waiting on God to finish saving sinners before moving forward

    You should have left out the phrase, "for me". Calvinism is either true or its false. It isn't a matter of personal opinion. Last year? Do you mean because of COVID? Clete Welcome to TOL, by the way!
  19. Clete

    Dinosaurs are fake and leads to atheism!

    The later being the foundation of the former, by the way, which I say just to reiterate my point earlier about most of what passes for science today is done from an atheistic paradigm. Atheistic science cannot keep from failing because logic itself doesn't work if God does not exist.
  20. Clete

    Our Moral God

    (y) No, it isn't. God is good! Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He. Psalm 118:1 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. (see also Psalm 136:1)...
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