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I'm not trying to tell you what to believe, and apologize if I was... admittedly I do get my feathers ruffled sometimes and am not always as gentle as I should be. I apologize in that case. For me, this question is HUGELY important, in fact one of the most important questions out there. If...

I'm a little unsure of what you're saying here. Are you saying God doesn't testify to proud people? Or that proud people are proud and refuse the message?

Does God reveal this truth to everyone?

And did you *accept* God? Accept = voluntary choice. Not a forced one.

Force is not love. Ephesians 2 is a direct proof AGAINST Calvinism.

Does the being you worship force? Or does he give choice? I would honestly love to hear how he is not a god of force, but of love.

You are hiding and refusing to answer the question.

Are YOU going to answer my question? Thus far, you have refused to several times, and I am admittedly getting annoyed.

Again: Somebody who forces someone to believe something is a brainwasher. Somebody who forces themselves on another is a rapist. Somebody who treats something just to kill it is a murderer. Somebody who forces people to gruesome burning is a extreme narcissist. Do you worship such a being? I...

Again: Somebody who forces someone to believe something is a brainwasher. Somebody who forces themselves on another is a rapist. Somebody who treats something just to kill it is a murderer. Somebody who forces people to gruesome burning is a extreme narcissist. Do you worship such a being?

Thoroughly.

I never said such a thing. Please respond to my actual post: Somebody who forces someone to believe something is a brainwasher. Somebody who forces themselves on another is a rapist. Somebody who treats something just to kill it is a murderer. Somebody who forces people to gruesome burning is...

God gave men their free will. They can use it. Again, God never forces anything.

(I think this was/is a question towards me) God is not a respecter of persons. God doesn't have a special class of people whom he forcefully inserts a "you must accept me!" brainwashing chip (whom end up going to Heaven) and not inserting that same chip into others (and hence forcing them to...

First things first, I would like to acknowledge your right to believe what you believe. I respect you and your beliefs, even though I do not agree with them. On to second things: I do passionately disagree with you here. I don't find Calvin's views/teachings to be Biblical. I see him...

Saul/Paul had a choice. God testified to him, but never forced him to do anything. Saul/Paul always had the choice to continue going about killing Christians all his life. Obviously he choose to accept God's testimony and God knew he would. But he always had that choice.

I agree with what you say here. However, with all due respect, I do not find what yo say here to line up with Calvin's teachings (which I find to be intrinsically are completely about force and hatred).

Because that person choose the listen to God the Holy Spirit testifying to them. They weren't forced.

God *offers* His gift of salvation to every individual. Each individual has the choice whether or not to accept it. It's their choice. God never forces anything. Those that accept and believe shall be saved. Those that reject shall not be. Now, God does know everything in advance-- He...

No, Calvin misunderstood these verses and preached that incorrect understanding. A man must believe in Christ. This is a choice, that God offers to all men, because He loves all men. Calvin, with all due respect, lost sight of that love.