Free will is certainly the "issue" when you state that it is unscriptural.........and simply a philosophy of man..........
BTW........Calvinism...........Predestination...........IS ALSO a philosophy of man.......that man would be Calvin himself.
And stating that "bias" is not "bias" because it is a conclusion makes no sense........especially if one discounts one side of an issue while upholding the other as "Biblically sound."
My belief in free will is also a "conclusion reached from the study of God's Word." And it is Biblically sound. Calvinism, on the other hand, is not Biblically sound, but simply a philosophy of man. And, in saying that, by your standard, neither am I showing "bias."
I find it odd that you immediately got offended by my responses. I was not trying to be aggressive.
Is there some past argument between us that put you immediately on the offensive?
Predestination is not philosophy. It is clear and clearly all over Scripture.
How can you think that predestination is not Truth, when the very word is used many times, and many more if you include it's other forms. There is no way to go through even the Gospels without running into election and predestination over and over again as topics and discourses. Look at John 6, and try to tell me that God does not predestine those who are His.
I already told you that I am not debating against free will.
However, I am stating that man's free will is
not the basis for his salvation.
Free will is ALWAYS the reason for a person's lack of salvation. In our free will, we CHOOSE to sin, and choose Hell.
All humans freely choose Hell. No one does good. No one chooses Heaven.... but by the grace of God, He grants faith to the Remnant, and saves us from sin. We are reborn, with a new will: God's Will set on our hearts.
People give Calvin too much credit.