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  1. Fervent

    New belief among teenagers. What do you think?

    The fact that you get upset at my acceptance of faith is evidence in and of itself. If atheism is true, why is there any issue with me choosing to believe in things because I want them to be true? Why should I care about silly little things like what can be proven, when at the end of the day it...
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    New belief among teenagers. What do you think?

    Oh? Did you miss the part where I said my recourse is faith? I do not pretend to know from my own philosophical foundations, but instead depend on revelation from on high. My foundations do not depend on the powers of my intellect, because when I looked there for solid ground the only thing I...
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    Should Christians Condemn People?

    Depends on what you mean by "condemn"...because testifying that the world is already condemned is different from personally condemning people. But how we do so is not through moralizing and calling people sinners, but by carrying ourselves in a way that confronts them with the truth. When we...
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    Why almost all coal was made at the same time

    That's easy, it was Steve the T-Rex back when administerial duties were carried out by dinosaurs. It's not an assumption, it's an inference.
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    The 2 great commandments and self hatred

    Hint: Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
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    Can You Determine the Will of God for Specific Events in Your Life?

    Perhaps, but are we sure that God has a specific intention for every trivial decision we make? It seems to me doing God's will is more about maintaining our integrety and preserving our witness rather than following a specified path. As for whether or not an event like your car breaking down...
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    Substitutionary Atonement

    The forensic motif isn't about punishment, though many misunderstand this and even contradict it in common parlance. While it is retributive, the retribution is not simply punitive but removing an obstacle. The payment, insofar as that motif can be employed, was for the integrity of the law...
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    Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

    I put a premium on the consensus patrum, so a lot of my theological opinions line up with Catholics and Orthodox. Only really disagree with their ecclesiology. Well, that's worth celebrating.
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    Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

    I am not Catholic, I just prefer to expose myself to a wide set of theological opinions. The dichotomy between Calvinism and Arminianism is a distinctly Protestant thing, typically the debate in more traditional churches is between Thomism and Molinism. I don't think categories like "before"...
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    Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

    If you only read Protestant theology, maybe. Corporately, not particularly. And where particular, in Christ. Sure, but my contentions about the position only find assertions as counters. Calvinism turns God into the author of sin, not only designing it but glorying in it. I'm not sure that's...
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    Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

    Who said anything about Arminianism? I agree, the tension isn't explainable. God calls us to trust Him, which is good enough for me. I don't need a fully worked out theology, but I do feel a need to oppose philosophical systems in theological dressing that defame God's character which is how I...
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    Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

    Certainly not, the issue isn't whether God knows all but whether God is meticulously determining everything that has ever or will ever come to pass. And a lot of the conflict is because too many people try to resolve the tension by falling on one side or the other. God is sovereign, and man is...
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    Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

    Be wary of trickery that Calvinists typically engage in, such as defining "choice" not as a voluntary action but "selecting what you desire". Calvinism teaches that everything, including the fall, was God's intentional design to bring glory to Himself by "delivering" a lucky few from the horrors...
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    Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

    It is not I who blasphemes God by rendering Him the author of sin taking glory from atrocities.
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    Substitutionary Atonement

    The issue with Penal Substititution is it flattens atonement to a legal fiction, and presents God as a volcano God demanding a human sacrifice to placate His anger. The Bible certainly uses a legal motif, but it is in a context where the law was treated in a less abstract manner.
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    Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

    I'm not speaking poorly of God, I'm speaking poorly of Calvin's abomination. And I'm not presenting Scriptural referents because I'm not interested in a battle of proof texts, and I doubt you'd engage with understanding your proof texts within their proper context so there's not much sense...
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    Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

    You accuse God of willing what He would not have, spin it how you want but you make Him the author of sin and in fact the only sinner and your denials fall flat. You cannot claim that man invariably does what God has decreed and then attribute carrying out what God has determined on man, any...
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    People who die as infants go to Heaven, right? Is there a good argument to the contrary?

    Let me answer your question with a couple of questions: Is God a God of justice? Can we reasonably expect that His justice will in many ways resemble our ordinary usage of the word? And does our justice require a guilty mind(knowingly doing wrong) in order to hold someone accountable? 11 And...
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    Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

    How is something that God designed so that no outher possible thing would happen supposed to reveal why we need such sovereignty? Your twisted view of providence defames the character of God by attributing all sin to Him. You spout off Calvinist proof texts with no concern for the context you...
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    Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

    I really don't understand how someone could possibly find a God who designed atrocities like the holocaust worthy of worship. Your theology turns God into the only sinner, as everyone else does exactly what God intended for them to do.
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