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How about a simple question? If I write my son or daughter a letter, and express my affection for them, then tell my son or daughter, that God desires to be merciful to everyone, would they interpret that to mean that God desires to be merciful only to the people in my family? Pretty silly...

You said:"who suggests people are "irresistably chosen" for damnation. When I say you do not know what you are talking about, this again is a prime example. What are you talking about? The term used is irresitable grace...not irresistable damnation; from the 1689 confession of faith.." The...

So you have now admitted that you were not honest about what Calvinism teaches about some being chosen for eternal damnation... Let the record show.

Avoid? I believe I was the one who brought that verse up.

Still waiting.... It's quite apparent you have nothing new to say.

Lol, the " you just don't understand" technique. Nothing hard to understand about this: "By the decree of God, for the manifestation of His own glory, some men and angels are predestined unto everlasting life, and others foreordained to everlasting death."(Westminster Confession of Faith...

I'm still waiting...I suppose you think you have something that all the other Calvinists I've debated don't have?

Exactly. The Spirit convicts all of sin. Not all respond with submission, but most turn away and remain in darkness. I don't see anyone arguing that we convicted ourselves. Prevenient grace is the grace of God that goes before and convicts of sin, but it's not irresistible. Acts 7:51

Calvinism does by default. In fact, originally it wasn't by default. Most of today's Calvinist want to soft pedal thier determinism so it's not so obvious, but the discerning can still see it. "does it happen that Adam’s fall irremediably involved so many peoples, together with their infant...

That's a non answer. He's weeping over people that he irresistibly chose for damnation? Yeah, right, get real. If your view is correct, he guided and governed thier rebellion, that he is now mourning. Like I said... schizophrenic

That's not what it says. It doesn't irreversibly separate us into two categories of people. You did that, not scripture. It says not willing any should perish, no categories. And it doesn't promise the saved can't fall away and become the wicked. In fact we are warned about falling. 17...

Another one of your far out ideas. Find me one reputable Bible scholar that agrees with this wild speculation.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 1 John 2:2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 Timothy...

How do you get regeneration before belief out of that verse? "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him." Whosoever believeth... Belief comes first, then rebirth, then love for God and other...

Psalm 14 is contrasting those who choose evil with those who are righteous. The one who says there's no God can't be righteous and is called a fool. Nowhere does it teach the inability to follow God and do good. "Will evildoers never learn-- those who devour my people as men eat bread and who...

You can't seek God yet you are responsible and punished forever for not seeking God. No contradiction?

It only makes sense that if you can get the virus without knowing it or having symptoms that many thousands people are infected they don't even know it. This would put the actual death rate per case way lower than is reported. I don't know all the answers but it does concern me, how easily our...

So, Noah was over 40000 years old. Riiiight! Lol.

Oh the arrogance! Calvin himself embraced the exact same contradiction, claiming both that God had to irresistibly give people faith, and yet he says they reject him. It's absurd. You can't reject what you never had the choice to accept. "faithdoes not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit...

I have numerous times.