Something's Bothering Me...

david shelby said:

40% maybe. But on the Calvinist side even that 40% is tainted by a darkness of their dark view that makes God out to be as evil as Satan.

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In regards to the reformed doctrine of predestination, right?

Nicolaus Mourer said:

In regards to the reformed doctrine of predestination, right?

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Why do you say "reformed" for catholicism-lite which is what Calvinism is? The anabaptists are more reformed; they don't baptize babies. Nor do they worship Augustine, a Catholic theologian. Stop with this "reformed" nonsense and call it by its proper name.

david shelby said:

Why do you say "reformed" for catholicism-lite which is what Calvinism is? The anabaptists are more reformed; they don't baptize babies. Nor do they worship Augustine, a Catholic theologian. Stop with this "reformed" nonsense and call it by its proper name.

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You ignored my question, so I’m guessing you don’t even want to have a discussion about it. Have a good one.

DM25 said:

I asked this question in the feedback section but I got no reply. I'm just wondering, who has the vote on what topic is considered "controversial" on here? Isn't there some theological bias here? I think it's unfair to have some views deemed "controversial" when maybe even most people do agree to with it and it is scriptural. Was a poll taken or something to see if the majority believes a topic is controversial or backed up by scripture? Because some topics on here can be easily argued by scripture with no bending it to fit a person's interpretation...

For example, souls in hell eventually getting destroyed can easily be backed up by several verses on how God destroys both body and soul in hell and how the wicked will perish, not to mention the term "forever and ever" in regards to the beast and the false prophet in the lake of fire actually being "ages of the ages" from the original Greek which refers more to eons, which is directly from the original Greek word in the bible "Aeons", which refers to a fixed time with an eventual end, however long that may be. I always get upset that the KJV got that one wrong, despite being a pretty solid literal translation in most other verses.

Anyways, how does the person decide what is controversial on here and is there a poll done or something because it can be pretty biased and insulting, not just to the person but even to God, when some topics are actually scriptural and directly from the book...

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