Anyone with knowledge about it can answer.
If you don't know what it is this will give you the basics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvinism
The five points of Calvinism will give you a summary.
2007-11-01 03:28:04 · 11 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hmmm... silence from the other side?
2007-11-01 04:05:23 · update #1
Disagree.
Technically, it would make all of creation pointless. If God has always known who would be in Heaven, then the process of getting them there would not need to be this complex. And creating the rest of us to burn in Hell would be inconsistent with an omnibenevolent being.
2007-11-01 03:34:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Disagree. Goes against the Bible in general. Jesus said "Whosoever comes to me" not, "Whomever I choose to come to me." There would be no reason to have free will or to have missionaries or to go to church if it were all determined in the beginning. That puts all the responsibility of people coming to know Christ on God's sovereignty, and no emphasis on human actions. They are both key elements. That is what the Great Commission was all about. Does God know what we will choose? He has the ability to. Maybe He chooses not to know, and He just gives everyone the opportunities along the way. Ultimately we all have the choice of whether we accept Him or reject Him.
2007-11-01 10:41:10 · answer #2 · answered by Jessica F 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Disagree.
John 3:16
I'm sorry I don't have time to give a complete answer which would take all week.
Let me suggest you read these two books, written by a Baptist:
Life in the Son, Elect in the Son
Both written by Robert Shank
Pastor Art
2007-11-01 10:42:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Concerning what? He preached infant baptism, but the Bible associates baptism with faith in Christ.
For some of my critiques on the heresies of calvinism see http://www.bcbsr.com/topics/theo.html
2007-11-01 11:13:02 · answer #4 · answered by Steve Amato 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not my cup of tea for the same reason Armenialism was, it strays from the origonal ideas of Christ by trying to determine what is acceptable to God from man.
2007-11-01 11:35:14 · answer #5 · answered by nocateman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always preferred Hobbes, but Calvin and Hobbes beats them both hands down.
2007-11-01 10:39:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
calvinism teaches predestination.
it is meaningless to agree or disagree with any position which denies freewill.
2007-11-01 10:32:46 · answer #7 · answered by synopsis 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It is impossible to lose salvation. The calvinists are right if they teach that.
2007-11-01 11:20:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Disagree.
I do not think that those who are successful are favored by God, and vice versa.
2007-11-01 10:35:31 · answer #9 · answered by conchobor2 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
disagree...i feel we make our own decisions...ive attended there though and the svcs are pretty
2007-11-01 10:31:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋