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"profiting from the anxiety of the impoverished living concerning their dead kinsfolk." Sickens me. Wow, these kind of folks are gonna pay dearly.

"Why preach the Gospel if the outcome has already been predetermined by God?" When I ask them this question, they usually will answer something like "because God said to". "That is the position of Hyper-Calvinists, who are at least consistent with their beliefs" Then you have the ones who do...

No He wasn't...I would say the first protestants were the Apostles :D

Thank You H2S!

Ruh Roh, here comes BOL :eek:

I hope you can grace us with your presence for more than a minute this time...welcome back :)

I have a very long time dear friend who is in a very dark place in her life. She is my best friend of over 40 yrs and a sister in Christ. This has gone on for a good 6 or more years now, it's her memory and she's living in denial and fear. She cannot help herself and won't let anybody else...

I have read awhile back, somewhere that their doctrine of purgatory is one of the reasons the CC is so rich...

As I said, I was not speaking OF the man himself, only referring to the name Calvin as he is most closely associated with, well Calvinism! And, aslo as I said...maybe I should just call it "reformed theology". The TULIP doctrine has never sat well with me and, it was in the early 1990's when I...

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Yes indeed "endless scenarios"

Very interesting about the commas and other punctuation. Just one of those placed in error can change the whole meaning of many things!

Maybe all that smoke did something to the atmosphere to bring the snow sooner?? Sheesh. I hope you have an early Spring!

Oh yes! I have seen this before...did not know they did this. Awesome and thank you :)

Great analogy!

I have read about him. I only use the term as "Calvinism" to distinguish the TULIP doctrine associated with his name, from Armenian beliefs. Maybe "reformed" theology would be a better term?

Do you get snow like that this early usually?

You CANNOT go yet..it would be like losing my mother all over again!!!! I'm being selfish :oops: ♥

What will be the contrast in Heaven? Will we become so used to the "good" that we will want to do bad? Will good become boring because there is no bad to contrast?

If THIS is the New Heavens and the New Earth, then it seems Jesus has left the building, and has no control over all the sin and violence o_O