Jane_Doe22
Well-Known Member
I would agree that complete refusal to discuss things is a cultic trait. But I have met some Calvinists (even on this site) who are completely ok with discussing things. We have opposite viewpoints, but they are willing to talk and a civil conversations.The trouble is that the same tired arguments in defense of Calvinism come from all its adherents. Not to say that they are not Christians, but rather Christians who have been deceived and blinded to the truth -- BY THEIR OWN CHOICE. To me the existence of a cultic mentality is when someone refuses to believe what is clearly stated in Scripture, and reverts back to their false teachings.
Let's take just one Scripture: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:16,17)
Every English translation in this regard is more or less the same. And every concordance and lexicon regarding the Greek kosmos agrees that in these verses "world" means all the inhabitants of the earth, the human race, the world of humanity. But Calvinists adamantly deny that, since to admit that that is true means to reject and abandon Five Point Calvinism.
I would not say having the same old tired arguments is a cultic trait. An argument being old just means it's old, doesn't imply anything about being good or bad or how people act.