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MattStriker Since: Jun, 2012
2014-11-18 18:34:34

...I just got a sense of deja vu.

Somebody added more or less exactly the same thing quite some time ago (a year? More? Can't recall exactly). And I'm pretty sure they got into trouble over it.

wrm5 Since: Mar, 2014
2014-11-18 18:42:07

EDIT: You know, actually... if even Calvin himself, the guy who started that sect, agrees that it paints God as evil... eh, you know...

Edited by wrm5
Candi Since: Aug, 2012
2014-11-18 19:03:06

I'm not up on Calvinist doctrine myself, but I would think that'd be Rule Of Cautious Editing Judgement. If that isn't Flame Bait, it's definitely looking like a Natter Magnet. Heck, I had to squash down 'this is what the Bible actually says' etc etc. Then you'll have someone justifying, and wind up with Thread Mode or Wall of Text.

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
theAdeptrogue Since: Nov, 2011
2014-11-18 19:43:51

Ignoring the Flame Bait material itself, that entry would qualify as "shoehorning" because the doctrine itself does not teach that God Is Evil, even though it could be interpreted that way.

ETA: ^^Where is it cited from? If I'm not mistaken, the core of Calvin's doctrine is pretty much the opposite: because people are so depraved/evil, they cannot even come to a saving faith unless God predestines the salvation. Admittedly I haven't read all of his works, but I never remember him making such claims.

Edited by theAdeptrogue
theAdeptRogue Since: Nov, 2011
2014-11-19 18:58:16

Bump.

So do we remove the entry?

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