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We can argue interpretations till the cows come home. Doesn’t change anyone’s mind or anything else

As I said: The death being brought into the world with the Fall is symbolic / spiritual in nature. Do you believe that dinosaurs are fake? :P (I'm joking/teasing)

My apologies, I do distracted. I do believe that things literally dying did indeed exist before Adam. The death being brought into the world with the Fall is symbolic / spiritual in nature. I assure you that I'm not throw my faith out of the air lock because of scientists :) My faith is not...

Ok, I'm getting an idea of your objection. Thanks for answering. As to myself, I am adamant believer in God & evolution, and don't find them at odds at all. Obviously I don't have a literal interpretation of the first chapters of Genesis. As you & I chatted earlier, if i were to have a...

Paul, what exactly about evolution do you object too?

How are they responsible? How is a person responsible being born the way they were, given zero power to effect it in anyway? How is a person responsible for not seeking Christ when it's predetermined that not even an options for them? How is a person created in chains to be responsible for being...

We should be able to be respectful of all persons, regardless of whether or not we agree with them. That goes for me being respectful of other too.

It's a matter of being good stewards and using the gifts God gave us (including our brains to understand what's going on). Churches still live and still do things for each other and the community, regardless of whether or not they meet in person. And in this case, keeping things in small...

I just gave you an explanation of where my impression came from - that is the answer to your question. Do you want me to paste you staying over and over again? I then asked very politely if/where my understanding of you is wrong. I'm going five extra miles to be respectful and try to...

*Remember, let's try to be respectful* Your repeated comments about how "no one seeks Christ" and others give me the impression you believe that a person only comes to Christ when he goes and saves an inert person. This is different than the Armemian view. Am I mistaken in that...

I do not see how any Calvinist can logically ask ""Have you come to Jesus in repentance and faith?" Because they themselves aren't coming or accepting or doing anything (such would require sovereignty). There's that firm rejection of the idea a person could seek/accept Christ. I could see a...

Anthony asked me "Have you come to Jesus in repentance and faith?" How does this question make sense when it is believed that on one has any will to come to Jesus? For some clarification: Armemenians don't believe that we tell the King what to do either. But rather than we accept the King's...

Speaking my: yes, I have come to Jesus in repentance and faith. But I don't understand how that answer my question or why you ask that question, since in Calvinism I have no sovereignty and can never come to Jesus at all (same with everyone else).

Amen to this! Note: that doesn't mean that we don't still wash hands, stay home, watch bills closely, etc -- we do still use the brains God gave us and be stewards of our lives. But we also have that faith & trust in God as we weather through this storm.

There's been a lot of bad behavior on here from a lot of people. Still, we should conduct ourselves well, as Christ would have us, even when all sorts of folks aren't doing the same.

Let's try to be respectful Renniks, even if there's disagreement with theology.

As an Armenenian, I can say "you need to get serious about scripture and choose you this day who you will serve", and have it be simple and straight forward. But how does that work as a Calvinist? "Hope that God chooses you this day?"

For what it's worth, it is equally frustrating for me for the exact same reasons. It's also not a matter of "rejecting" help, versus the answers provided don't seem to be addressing the questions asked.

Ok, so then the only way you guys can explain it is a way that to me doesn't seem to actually answer my question. Ok. I can acknowledge that, and will stop asking. Again, thank you for you efforts, I do appreciate you taking the time.

I'm not here to change anyone's beliefs, including my own. I'm just trying to better understand others-- just like I would ask a Hindu to explain their views to me (or Methodist or Messianic Jew etc). I keep asking because honestly I haven't found any answer that actually seem to be...