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What collapses is your bizarre implication that God goes around commanding sinners to do things they cannot do. No matter how often you refer to something John Gill said, your position makes no sense. I do not think God is honored by claiming that He gives commands that cannot be obeyed. This...

T - Total Depravity Calvinism teaches that man is so fallen that he cannot respond to God unless first regenerated. The Bible certainly teaches that man is sinful, but Jesus continually treated people as capable of responding to God's call. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy...

So if I mentioned how murderous other theologians were when John Calvin was advocating for the execution of his theological opponents — this would make Calvin seem better? As if “everybody else was doing it” is going to make Calvin seem less guilty of homicidal intentions? The “what aboutism”...

This thread is not about Calvinism vs. Arminianism. If you want to discuss that topic, a new thread should be started. This thread claims erroneously that Calvinism is gospel. Sharing carefully edited portions of the history of John Calvin is how this thread was started.

The question you should ask is if AI is sycophantic and ingratiating, telling you what you hope to hear, instead of being reliable and objective. Quoting AI slop is not a serious response in a discussion. Your labels mean a lot to you, don’t they? I do not follow Arminianism or any theological...

This thread is specifically about Calvinism.

Calvinists see everyone opposed to their philosophy as necessarily either Arminian or Pelagian. This is how limited and rigid their theological thinking has become. They want to slap a label on you, quote AI responses, or appeal to reformed teachers, rather than discuss biblical topics.

Thou shalt not bear false witness. I have never made any defense of Arminianism. Your lengthy quote of AI text does not justify the murderous nature of John Calvin, just because some Calvinists were treated harshly. The “everybody was doing it” excuse is invalid for trying to make John Calvin...

In Brightflame’s first post in this thread, the history of John Calvin is summarized, leaving out how he advocated the execution of his theological opponents, like Michael Servetus’s burning at the stake at Champel outside Geneva on October 27, 1553.

So Brightflame is in her posts always quoting, without crediting, Prof. David J. Engelsma?

We know that the gentiles, who do by nature the things contained in the law, are not regenerated. Regenerated gentiles, and Jews, are called the church of God. I Corinthians 10:32 Give no offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God, Thus, unregenerated...

These are gentiles in Romans 2 who have not the law and have not repented, but by nature, not by Spirit, do what is in the law. 3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 4 Or despisest thou the...

Wrong. This says nothing about a regenerated divine nature. Romans 2 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their...

You ignore how the scripture says the gentiles “do by nature the things contained in the law”, so they cannot be totally depraved. You conveniently left out the “or else excusing” in “their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another”. And Romans 2 says nothing about sending...

Calvinism is false. Total depravity is debunked by scripture. Romans 2 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their...

You are ignoring all the righteous acts performed by these and other individuals. Your Calvinist “total depravity” theory is unbiblical. God called David a man after His own heart. Abraham is called the father of faith. 1 Kings 15:11 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his...

Commands are given by God to be obeyed. Only a Calvinist would say commands cannot be obeyed and just expose our inability to obey.

You are saying God gives us commands that we cannot obey. I prefer to obey God’s commands as He helps me to do so. Philippians 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

You nailed it. To teach nothing else but Jesus and Him crucified is the wonderful beginning of spiritual growth that immature, carnal believers must be fed. But there is so much more that needs to be taught as Christians grow in experience and maturity. Many years ago, I tried to explain this...

“Give them repentance” does not mean that God arbitrarily forced them to repent or that God put repentance into them. People repent when they hear the scriptures and decide to obey them. Otherwise, you have irresponsible robots that God controls, violating their free will, and forcing them to...