Re: Theo1689 - CARM

Quote Originally Posted by Theo1689
Calvinists don't deny that man has "ability to choose". This is a straw-man, the old "robots" or "automatons" straw-man.
Yes you do deny man has the ability to actually receive Jesus Christ and will do so. Your conscience may not realize your god is a robot maker, but that's the problem.

You seem liberal with throwing around the phrase, "against his will". Just because something doesn't originate with man doesn't mean that it's "against his will", or that man is "forced" to something.
Of course it does since man never had the choice according to you. Your god is a boring robot maker.

No, man is not condemned for "not believing", man is condemned for his sins (which he freely chose). It's like saying, "Cause of death, not taking his nitroglycerin", rather than the more accurate, "Cause of death, heart attack".
Man is not condemned for "not believeing"? What a Satanic thing to say. So you continue to reject Christ, "not believing" in Him and you don't think that's a sin? Man is not condemned for being born into sin that causes him to sin. He is condemned because He has been given the grace to be able to respond to Christ for power over sin. The cause of death of Calvinists is they try to save themselves by assuming they are irresistibly selected according to their own idea: "will-worship" (Col. 2.23 ASV). It's a terrible state to be in.

Do you feel forced to do particular actions? Or do you make decisions, and make choices? One wonders why you feel the need to be so dishonest.
No. Why accuse of this honesty? Unless you are being dishonest. Whether you feel forced or not, the fact is your kind of grace that you imagine was irresistibly imposed on you. You're describing how Satan operates upon people not God. The truth of your mistaken assumption is you let Satan rule your life and are engaged in "will worship" because by your will you assumed you were irresistibly selected rather than accepting and receiving Christ to be regenerated which Go has given you more than ample grace, enabling you to do so. Why do you keep calling God a liar?