Confronting Calvinism's Deceptive Nonsense
There is a post over at Soteriology 101 that I think is worth reading. It's titled "Condemned For Factors Beyond The Agent's Control?" It's a post that confronts the Calvinist idea that God ultimately condemns people for things He caused them to do, things that they had no control over. According to Calvinism, God is ultimately the sole cause of everything that happens. Therefore, if we sin or don't believe in Him, it's because He made us do it. But then, Calvi-god turns around and punishes mankind for their sin and unbelief. Even though He caused it. But Calvinists will continue to insist that Calvi-god is fair and just, and that we deserve what we get because we still "chose." Calvinists will try to explain away the obvious contradiction by using words like "remote cause" and "proximate cause." They'll say that God is the "proximate/primary cause" (that He ultimately wills that somethi...