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Not any for me, but I can't say the same for you.

And I think we can add to that Romans 9:11 where Paul points to Jacob and Esau in the womb as having done neither good nor bad.

It was actually somewhat rare for God to order the killing of children and those were apparently extraordinary circumstances, the details of which we are not given. The fact is that had Israel done what they had been told to do, they wouldn't have had so many depraved humans around to influence...

And on what are you basing that judgment? That I don't buy your brand of Calvinism? You have confirmed that Calvinists are among the most arrogant Pharisaical Christians around. That section of Romans 3 is about humans who sin--Jews and Gentiles--not babies. Babies know nothing about the...

While true, woe to the person who would do such a thing. But woe to those who martyr Christians as well. Anyone who would harm an innocent child is in very deep trouble in the hereafter. It reveals a heart that is so incredibly hard.

That is perverse and not at all my "system" as you well know. Just because God decides to show mercy toward those innocent children does not stop the death from being the result of sin, which brought disease into the world (as in the case of that infant dying of disease) or quite wicked in the...

I thought we were speaking of humans. I might be afraid of a baby rattler but I have never once felt threatened by a baby human. Sorry, but your comparison seems a bit ridiculous. But, you see, I don't accept the Calvinist dogma that a baby who dies goes to hell. Yes. The Psalms are...

Yes, perhaps that is where the RCC got their idea of Limbo?

I haven't "dodged" anything--I honestly did not understand the point you seemed to be trying to make. Well I hardly ever read Mjh29's posts and I have Preacher4Truth on "ignore". So if you were counting on them to figure out what point you were making, it was lost on me. I do not disagree...

When someone gives you a gift, did you do anything to get it? If a messenger comes to the door and holds out the gift to you from his employer, and you slam the door in his face, what you did was refuse it. And THAT is an act of your will. No, I think you are deliberately obfuscating here...

When you can show me a baby, straight from the womb, who is capable of speech, and "spitting venom like snakes," I'll go with your interpretation. This is obvious hyperbole and poetic expression. I believe that David was probably pointing out that those raised in a wicked culture often are...

Only a depraved mind could come up with that kind of reasoning.

I won't dignify that nauseating accusation with a response.

The Bible tells us that no one can come to Jesus if that person is not called by the Father. It further says that the way to the Father is only through Jesus. It also says that Jesus is the "author and finisher of our faith". Our only responsibility is to receive the free gift of faith. But...

I think that is likely a dodge. You know what you were insinuating. Are you taking it back?

That's because John Calvin basically adopted the theology of Augustine wholesale. In fact, it was called "Calvinistic Augustinianism" when it first started to be popularized. Augustine spent much of his life as a pagan before his conversion. It may have affected his theology but I suspect...

That is NOT what I said--why accuse me of "welshing" when I never engaged on the point of my testimony? I have given portions of my testimony here for everyone to read--go back and read them. I asked two questions which you failed to answer: 1) And that is what you think I am doing...

That's not what I asked.

I'd like you to answer my questions to you before I answer yours.

And that is what you think I am doing? On what are you basing that opinion?