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Well, Christ's work on the cross was certainly sufficient for the entire world, and in that sense, He is the Savior of all. But issue is not sufficiency but efficacy. The fact that not all will be saved, that God will have mercy on whom He wills and compassion on whom He wills clearly...

Do you not think God is powerful enough to overcome that? We clearly read that God's purposes cannot be thwarted... And... well, in Matthew's gospel, we read, "... the disciples..." (asked)... "Who then can be saved?' But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with...

Well, I'm trackin' right with ya on murdering babies, Jack, but... judging from previous posts here, if you are in fact banned, I don't think it would be because of that... :) Grace and peace to you, Jack.

He may, and he may not. It depends on... Him and His purposes. It is certainly possible that He may be using whatever you do or say to ultimately draw you unto Himself. Ah! God's actions demand responsibility from people, that is for sure. But in this very statement, you are limiting God...

Oh, yes, it most certainly can (and rather than "unjustified," I would insert "condemned"), both in word and deed: WORD: "You shall not murder." (God, via Moses, Exodus 20:13) This is not a suggestion, but a Commandment. :) DEED: "...Menahem sacked Tiphsah... and he ripped open all the women...

You're a very... interesting... person, Matthew. Going to respond to this statement of yours: "only God changes hearts and minds when a person allows him to work with them in their life" I agree that God changes hearts. As for the mind, though, I would say that it inevitably follows the...

My name is PinSeeker, and I approve this message. :) Responding to this quickly... Sorry to hear about your past and glad you have been brought from it. Praise and glory to God for that. God does not torture. But he does, Harold, give people what they desire and deserve, according to His...

LOL! Fair enough. <chuckles> :D Yes, I'm sure John Calvin was not perfect. But that has no bearing on whether he understood Scripture, at least for the most part, well. Hey, you know, by saying "like the rest of us," you are admitting your own... imperfection... :) So how is it that...

I would surely disagree that he "disregarded everyone else." That brings up a great point, that the opposite of love is not hate, but rather not caring, and thus disregarding. I would absolutely disagree with the statement that God's having elected some means he disregarded others. Regarding...

Right. :) Well, now that's your opinion, Jim. You can, for sure, but... I wouldn't advise it. And I say again, okay, "knowledge" based on errant and/or incomplete thinking, as denoted by the quotes, and therefore not... true knowledge. Opinion... and intransigence, I guess... Sure...

Well, okay, knowledge based on errant and/or incomplete thinking, as denoted by the quotes, and therefore not... true knowledge... :) Grace and peace to you.

Well, if you would change your "thinking," I would agree. But, fair enough. Grace and peace to you.

What you say here is absurd. And a denial of science. Now, this is a different subject ~ and may open a whole 'nother can 'o worms for you ~ but I will say that the deliberate termination of a human being is not always murder; neither killing another human being in self-defense, nor in...

I'm not surprised, considering your posting history in this thread (and probably others). This is a total miss of the point. Or avoidance, or misdirection, or... all three. My goodness. Is this not what I just said? Yes, I quote myself: "...if you were to say, 'not all pregnancies result...

That's quite akin to saying the recent school shootings were the deliberate firing of several bullets, Jim. So, yes, but the deliberate termination of a pregnancy is ~ even scientifically (biologically) speaking ~ the deliberate termination of a human being, which translates to murder. The...

More "logic..." So it goes... Well, yes, I do, and first-hand, actually. I'll leave that there, and just say that there is risk -- oftentimes grave risk -- in just about everything in this world, Jim. Regrettably (to put it mildly), not everything turns out in the end the way we want it to...

A "viable fetus..." Ugh. A healthy baby/child... Not every pregnancy is successful, for sure. But that does not somehow justify, Jim, heading off the possibility that any one pregnancy might or might not be successful for one or both or more involved. We all would like any one pregnancy to...

Logic: Well, your "logic," which is quite the reverse of logic, as well as simple bio-logic (science). Compassion: Arguing for every effort to be made to preserve the life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness of all human beings is a lack of compassion in your view? Well, again, your "logic" at...

Call it what you want; it is the deliberate termination of an innocent human being. Grace and peace to you.

I am well aware that that's not what you mean, Naomanos. But it is the inevitable outcome of the lines of reasoning you are employing. And that outcome is what makes those lines of reasoning limited and wrong. There is a great irony in what you say here, that "that is not what we mean." I...