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You know what happens when you assume things! A look at John Calvin's theological assumptions

This is from my post, "Problems in John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion" .  Since that is such a long post, I'm breaking it down into smaller ones.  I already wrote one that looks at Calvin's Contradicting Nonsense .  (Some of this is taken from there, too.)  But now I want to look at the assumptions that Calvin makes.  Assumptions he bases his theology on. It amazes how many times I read people absolutely praising Calvin's Institutes .  They think he's brilliant, humble, righteous, and all about God's glory.  I agree that the first several chapters of Book 1 are on-track.  They sound great.  But when it all starts to go wrong, it goes wrong .  I think Calvin's Institutes is full of contradictions, manipulation, self-delusion, pride, self-elevation, and assumptions that he makes about how God has to act in order to be considered God, even though it flies in the face of God's Word.   Basically, I think it's full of heresy