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1 | Bad Arguments Against Calvinism | John 15:16 | John Reformed | 38032 | ||
Dear Hank, I'm sending to you the reply I sent to Ed. Subject: Bad Arguments Against Calvinism Note: Dear Ed, What is the question under discussion? "Bad arguements against Calvinism". Who posed the question? Zacht. Is Zacht a calvinist? No. Subject: Bad Arguments Against Calvinism Note: John You said: I guess the disturbing part of your reasoning would be that we would have to conclude from what your saying, it was God’s will for the fall of man in the garden. EdB Dear Ed, Why did you get involved in a question your sick and tired of? You'll have to answer that one for yourself, because I don't have a clue. I have no wish to impose my understanding on any one. However, how are theological arguements to be discussed without putting forth the truth as one sees it? Hank, I believe that I am being treated unfairly. Tell me please, given the suject under discussion, how in the name of sam hill, can a person reply to this Subject "BAD ARGUEMENTS AGAINST CALVISM (FOR PETES SAKE) but not mention the topic at all? John |
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2 | Bad Arguments Against Calvinism | John 15:16 | Hank | 38035 | ||
The answer, John, is simple and clear: Don't! The archives are brimming over with arguments, for and against, Calvinism. My point, which I shall repeat with and for emphasis, is: Let's put an END to these debates now. --Hank | ||||||
3 | Bad Arguments Against Calvinism | John 15:16 | John Reformed | 38039 | ||
Dear Hank, How do you propose to end a debate that is so fundamental to each sides understanding of God? Will calvinists agree to never mention the soveriegnty of God? Will arminians promise that they will never espouse man's freedom to choose? I seriously doubt it. I for one, find it impossible to discuss Scripture without interpreting the meaning. Sooner or later a someone is bound to ask what the writer of Scripture meant by "the world" in John 3:16 or some other verse we disagree on. Now what do we do? I believe each one of us should be informed by his own conscience. Behave to one another as courteously as we can and be admonished by Our Lord's command to love oneanother. I see nothing wrong with a vigorous debate over God's truth. If I'm wrong, prove it. If I don't have the grace to ackowledge my error, woe to me! At least my blood will not be on your hands. What Say Ye, John Reformed |
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4 | Bad Arguments Against Calvinism | John 15:16 | Hank | 38041 | ||
John, whether airing Calvinistic/Reformed views over and over is "a vigorous debate over God's truth" is itself highly debatable. Let's try to look at this forum in the perspective from which it was conceived by the Lockman Foundation. They named it StudyBibleForum with the idea that it would be a trustworthy internet study Bible -- one to which anyone could go to find helpful exegesis on various Bible subjects. John, what kind of study Bible would anyone want to purchase that contained a long, drawn-out debate on Calvinism to the exclusion of many other subjects on which the Bible speaks? If one wished to buy a book on Calvinism's pros and cons, he would buy a book so labeled, not one that advertised itself as a study Bible. Now, if Lockman would agree to change this web site from StudyBibleForum to Debates on Calvinism, then I should think one would be in his proper sphere to debate the issue to his heart's content, from now till the end of time. But this is not a platform designed for proponents or opponents of Calvinism to air their views over and over, ad infinitum. This is, I say once again, a StudyBibleForum, not a platform for advertising the merits or demerits of Calvinism or any other ism. I happen to be Southern Baptist, but I consider it most improper to extol over and over the correctness of Southern Baptist doctrine or the joys of being a Baptist or -- worse still -- to confront every non-Baptist on the forum with the propaganda that my views all are right and their views all wrong. Think about it. Are you the one being put upon, or you the one who is putting his views rather strongly upon others of the forum? --Hank | ||||||