The Anti-Calvinist Rant

Totally just for fun... Something to tide you over until the next post (next week or the week after)!😁 I'm sorry, but I have to postpone this week's Alana 5k post.  I've been too busy shredding and freezing zucchini (or making zucchini bread and zucchini fritters) and canning homemade pickles and tomato sauce and crushed tomatoes and pickled peppers... and then busy cleaning up all the zucchini-pickle-tomato-pepper messes all over the kitchen... not to mention, giving away bags of fresh cucumbers and green beans because we're getting too many and can't possibly eat them all (I find it crazy that three of my kids hate fresh green beans - where'd I go wrong?😕)... and then doing it all over again just a little while later.   It's been like the movie Groundhog Day , endlessly repeating the same day over and over again, except with vegetables! And because I'm so swamped, I'm going back to posting every other week.  I thought I could do all the 5k posts ...

[A.K.A. Snippets to Ponder, part 5 (#22): Two new memes from last week's "Troublemaker?" post, in case you missed it.] Calvinists have been taught to read Calvinism into the Bible by redefining words and piecing together carefully-chosen verses which were taken out of context and reinterpreted Calvinisticly... and then they teach us to read Calvinism into the Bible too, preconditioning us to interpret verses their way but convincing us "it's what Scripture really teaches," getting ma ny good, humble, well-meaning Christians to affirm terrible things they otherwise would've  never  agreed with. Examples: Gordon H. Clark  ( Religion, Reason, and Revelation) :   “... if a man gets drunk and shoots his family, it was the will of God that he should do it…  this view certainly makes God the cause of sin. ”    James White  was asked this question  [ listen here ] :  “When a child is raped, is God responsible and did He decree that ra...

 

 

 

A friend who's struggling with the Calvinism in our previous church recently asked me how it feels to now attend a non-Calvinist church.   My answer? It feels like this:  

 

 

   (all memes made at imgflip.com )

I don't know if I will get back to writing posts anytime soon; I really need a break (other than I do want to finish reviewing John Calvin's Institutes someday ... yuck!).  But for easy reference, I will repost the links to a bunch of anti-Calvinism posts.  Some are mine (a selection of my posts) and some are from other blogs. But first, here are a few other of my posts I want to provide links for: Why I Could Never Be An Atheist! A Little Girl's Nonsensical Sign An Overview of World Religions Support for Jesus and the Bible Starting Your Own Relationship With Jesus  Help for Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidal Thoughts War Rooms, Praying Scripture, and Spiritual Warfare   Now, Some of my posts on Calvinism : Why is Calvinism So Dangerous? If Calvinism is true, then God is a liar! What's The Best Way To Take Over a Church with Calvinism Letter To Our Elders Regarding Calvinism Growing In Our Church Acts 13:48: Not As "Predestination" As It Sounds Sovereignty and...