The Anti-Calvinist Rant

[In this series, I'm breaking the long post   "Why is Calvinism so dangerous?"   into bite-sized pieces.] 2. The Bible says ...  God is not willing that any man should perish, He wants all to be saved, His saving grace is available to all. But Calvinism says ...  God predestined most people to hell for His pleasure and glory, His saving grace was never for the non-elect . 2 Peter 3:9 :   "... He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."   [However, Calvi-god predestines most people to perish, but then he says here that he doesn't really want anyone to perish.  Deceptive!  And if he gets glory for predestining people to perish, then isn't he denying himself glory by saying he doesn't want anyone to perish?  If predestining people to hell truly was glorifying to him, then shouldn't he - and Calvinists - celebrate people going to hell because it brings Calvi-god more glory?  If Calvi-god's okay with

[In this series, I'm breaking the long post  "Why is Calvinism so dangerous?"  into bite-sized pieces.] 1.     The Bible says ...   Jesus died for all, loves all, and wants all men to be saved. But Calvinism says ...   Jesus died only for the elect, loves only  the elect, and only wanted the elect to  be  saved. John 3:16-17 :  "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."   [Calvinist version: "The world/whoever" means "mankind/the elect from all over the world."  Most of us would think - and rightly so - that this verse is an instruction on how anyone can be saved, that anyone who believes will be saved.  But in Calvinism, it's not an instruction on how to be saved because not everyone can be saved; it's merely a statement informing us of how the

Okay, I changed my mind.  (I'm a woman, we can do that.  In fact, we're known for it.)  I'm going to add some more posts, but not really new ones because I'm not starting up the blog again.  After this series, I should be done.  (So there's a 20% chance I won't add any new posts.  Ah, I crack myself up.)  But like I've done on my other blog, I'm gonna break up the long  "Why is Calvinism so dangerous?"  post into smaller, bite-sized pieces.  (Plus, I like having things in two places.  Then if something happens to one of my blogs, I've got it in another.)  Here's the introduction: Why is Calvinism so dangerous? Because it  appears  to teach biblical truth while actually teaching  the opposite  - while using  manipulation and cult-like tactics to suck you in!  And it's spreading.  Stealthily, fast, aggressively. (We watched it happen firsthand in our church, which is why I wrote this blog.  See  "What's the best way to make p