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Calvinists
March 29, 2021 at 9:18 am
Hi everyone,
I don't know if there are/were any Calvinist Christians here but I wanted to ask a question. So according to what I know about calvinist theology, you have to be chosen by God in order to be saved from eternal damnation. You can believe in your heart all your want, but if you aren't chosen, you are not going to be saved.
Does this rule also apply to Non-Calvinist Christians?
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RE: Calvinists
March 29, 2021 at 9:20 am
When was the last time someone identified as a Calvinist?
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RE: Calvinists
March 29, 2021 at 9:28 am
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(March 29, 2021 at 9:20 am)Eleven Wrote: When was the last time someone identified as a Calvinist?
I think Hobbs might be one.
OP:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predestina..._Calvinism
I don't know if there are cafeteria Calvinists.
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RE: Calvinists
March 29, 2021 at 9:37 am
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Some members here have identified themselves as reformed christians, which is a neo-Calvinist sect. But their smarmy and condescending attitudes do label them as of the cafeteria variety.
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RE: Calvinists
March 29, 2021 at 12:35 pm
I have no definitive answer, but if voluntarily being a Calvinist doesn't guarantee you're being one of the elect, it would seem plausible that not choosing Calvinism would not necessarily make one not a member of the elect. That seems the whole point of Calvinism, that personal choices don't dictate one being a member of the elect.
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RE: Calvinists
March 29, 2021 at 12:46 pm
There was a guy on the old TTA forum who was a Calvinist. It always baffled me the concept that there is room in heaven, or whatever, for 144,000 people. Is that for ever and ever since the beginning of man? Do new ones bump off old ones? 144,000 seems a small number of people for people to still think they are on the list. It seems the height of arrogance to believe you are one of such a small group.
As an ex-Catholic, I don't recall there being mention of a limit to the number of souls that could/would gain admittance.
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RE: Calvinists
March 29, 2021 at 1:15 pm
Presbyterians are essentially Calvinists. Just as fucked up and nonsensical, at least.
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