Arguments against Calvinism - Topics

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Title	Claim	Refuting Calvinism
Sovereignty examined	Requiring meticulous determinism for God is characteristic of a less sovereign God than one who allows free will choice.	Refutation A ruler who can rule if and only if all his subjects cannot make any free choice, vs a ruler who can rule a group of people who can choose to oppose him - which is more powerful, wiser, more skillful, more intelligent, greater - more capable? The one who can rule people that have free will. If the only way the king can rule to accomplish the goal is to completely control everyone - that indicates a ruler who is not very capable; this is the way Calvinism portrays God.
Consistency of Calvinism	Calvinism, in spite of possible other problems, is at least internally logically consistent.	Refutation One argument in favor of Calvinism is that it is internally consistent. Listed below are some of the inconsistencies in Calvinism: NOTE: many of the claims of Calvinism below may seem horrible; they are NOT being stated as true claims of truth or reality; rather, they are false claims of Calvinism!
Calvinism insults God	Calvinism insults God	Refutation Calvinism claims that God seeks glory by sending most people to hell. Love does not do this; speaking of charity or love, 1 Cor 13:5 tells us that love Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Calvinism says that God does what love does not do. This insults God, portraying God as not loving.
Zeal	The argument for Irresistible Grace, that when rejecting Salvation, man is stronger than God, is not valid.	Paul wrote of having a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. This reminds one of Calvinism. The zeal for God seems misdirected in both cases. In Calvinism, micro-manipulative control is magnified beyond love, and also beyond scripture. However, the Bible tells us that God exalts His word higher than his name. This seems to imply that what God says should take precedence over how we feel regarding glorifying God's name. Also, the Bible says God is love - it does not say God is control.
Patrideus the Sovereign	The video below depicts Calvinism accurately.	Refutation TBA (to be added)
Trauma of Calvinistic Doctrine	The negative impact of Calvinism is examined by Leighton Flowers.	Refutation
Language looseness	Calvinism relies on a double standard with respect to language looseness.	Calvinism does this The word all is loosely interpreted to mean not all, when such meaning would support Calvinism. When such looseness does not support Calvinism, it is rejected, as in the case of God's not repenting in the book of 1 Samuel, in which the extremely literal meaning is applied, ignoring all context.
What is the issue?	The key issue of Calvinism is not whether God is fair, or whether man has free will, etc. - but whether God's word is true.	Calvinism might claim sola scriptura, that Calvinism is based on the truth of God's word. However, presumptions seem to predominate in interpretation, turning supposedly exegesis into eisegesis. All of the other issues - free will, sovereignty, fairness, etc. can be analyzed from what the Bible, sola scriptura, says. The problem is that Calvinism brings these ideas in as starting points, and then tries to find interpretations of the scripture to fit those ideas.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones and non epistemic ranking criteria	A statement by Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Calvinism is analyzed and found to involve non epistemic ranking criteria.
Cognition errors	If cognition follows correct process, Calvinism will not result.
Ideology & cognition	Calvinism is an ideology.
Charles Spurgeon	Spurgeon's popularity is analyzed.
Calvinism discussed	Calvinism is discussed.
Cornelius	Cornelius' salvation story does not support Calvinism.
Paul's conversion	Paul's conversion contradicts Calvinism.
Non epistemic ranking criteria	Deconstructing Calvinistic statements reveals their lack of valid epistemic basis.
Calvinism paradigm analysis	Calvinism paradigm analysis
Calvinism origins	Analysis of Calvinism reveals problems.
Idolatry?	Calvinism can be idolatry.
Calvinism claim analysis	Calvinism claim analysis