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It just seemed to me that the OP was trying to suggest Calvinism without actually asserting it. I neglected to read the rest of your post before replying. I somehow thought we were on the same page on this subject. My mistake. Sometimes I assume, without really thinking, that most...

Redemption is not a quasi-theological, zero-sum equation exercise for me. Sorry. I see it as a living, breathing, vital force—Jesus. I rarely see any meaningful mention of Him in any of these ridiculous orthodoxy volleyball games. You're free to cling to the reactionary, partisan 5-point box. I...

But isn't their doom caused by their choices rather than by God's foreknowledge? This is what's being evaded in the OP, after all. :) Hi, G2R!

I just think it's silly to conjecture about what's going on in the mind of God apart from that which He has made perfectly plain, which does not include 5-point squibbledy-flabbledy-dooism of any kind. And I don't care if "Arminius started it." Reactionary religion is not my thing, either...

Honestly, I'm just a tad surprised that you would use words as definite as "can't be quoted" to describe the Parousia. I'm somewhat familiar with your views on this (although I know you eschew being pinned down) but we've never really discussed them. I must confess, I believe most people make...

This could also be true in the converse: As long as distortion of God's character exist, evil will exist, since, going back to the original sins of Lucifer and Eve, evil was thus brought about by the suggestion of the serpent in the case of Eve, and in the indulgence of the imaginations of...

That's a straw man that's good to know. How can you speak for all Christians? Most Christians barely even study the Bible, much less read creeds and confessions and other mind-numbing theories. No, it really is not "totally" nonsequitur. Practically no one studies the Bible alone and arrives...

Do unto others before they do it into you, I guess, huh? I'd hand you some Kleenex if I could. "For what glory is it..." Never heard of 'im.

God prioritizes principle over policy quite often. He's ordering things so that eventually He'll not only show Himself to be just and merciful, but so that He'll also be seen as such.

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Don't give me that. You're barely 2/3 of the way through life. You look healthy enough to make 90 to me.

The universe has to be secured from rebellion, eventually.

He's good people. We have some.

Couldn't sleep?

Your real name wouldn't be Archie Bunker, would it?

I hear Jesus rolled His eyes and mocked people a lot. Yeah, that was definitely His method.

Youbetcha!

Actually, we can't even turn to Him without His providence, you know? 2 Timothy 2:25 KJV: In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; Isn't He great?

There's no need to scream. Parents don't love their children because they behave. They love them because they are of their own procreation. The final destruction of the wicked is even an act of love. God even loves Lucifer. God is love. It's not something He does--it's something He is. He is the...