2006-11-28 17:30:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I do accept the five points of Calvinism because I belive they are taught in Scripture. I am not a Hyper-Calvinist, I agree with C H Spurgeon, John Gill ect if thats helps to explain.
I would like to add for those who don't like John Calvin, the doctrines of Grace was taught by Paul long before Calvin.
2006-11-28 17:44:03 · answer #1 · answered by G3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How people can deny predestination is beyond me, maybe it's just too hard for people to accept that God might be more powerful than them. It's not puppet-on-a-string theology at all, people just extrapolate it that way without any real investigation.
Hyper-Calvinism has to do with a predestination to Hell, which is again not what Calvinism teaches, it's just more extrapolation of what's not in the Bible at all.
But neither is free will.
2006-12-01 16:18:42 · answer #2 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hyper-calvinism? That is a new way of saying it. But the reasoning behind predestination is simple. It was Augustine who first broached the subject. If God is truly omnipotent than everything transpires according to His plan. So if a human could, through their own actions, affect the outcome of God's plan that would make him more powerful than God, which would be a contridiction. Therefore, according to the calvinists and many other reformed christians, our salvation is predetermined by God's plan, and man is powerless to change this.
2006-11-28 17:35:03 · answer #3 · answered by GrainOfSalt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I DON'T believe in predestination and Calvinism, hyper or not:
http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/freewill.aspx
2006-11-28 18:47:24 · answer #4 · answered by todaywiserthanyesterday 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Predestination.....NO WAY!If someone commit a murder then according to predestination it was planned by some almighty being;therefore,it won't be the fault of the person but the fault of the almighty being!
2006-11-28 19:11:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anger eating demon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I loath Calvinism.... it seriously gives me hives *itches*
But, if it's true, then I can confidently say I was predestined to believe it is crap :D
2006-11-28 17:38:31 · answer #6 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe Calvin was a Miserable S.O.B, and if anyone actually studied European history they KNOW this to be fact, a cruel and petulant Dictator to the core....
2006-11-28 17:36:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Followers of John Calvin... AKA "Christian reformed"????
2006-11-28 17:34:05 · answer #8 · answered by Crazyquestions 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋