You know what happens when you assume things! A look at John Calvin's theological assumptions
This is from my post, "Problems in John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion" . Since that is such a long post, I'm breaking it down into smaller ones. I already wrote one that looks at Calvin's Contradicting Nonsense . (Some of this is taken from there, too.) But now I want to look at the assumptions that Calvin makes. Assumptions he bases his theology on. It amazes how many times I read people absolutely praising Calvin's Institutes . They think he's brilliant, humble, righteous, and all about God's glory. I agree that the first several chapters of Book 1 are on-track. They sound great. But when it all starts to go wrong, it goes wrong . I think Calvin's Institutes is full of contradictions, manipulation, self-delusion, pride, self-elevation, and assumptions that he makes about how God has to act in order to be considered God, even though it flies in the face of God's Word. Basically, I think it's full of ...