Consistency of Calvinism

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Calvinism, in spite of possible other problems, is at least internally logically consistent. 

Refuting Calvinism

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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!

  1. Nature of Love
    1. God is love, and love seeks not its own; however, per Calvinism, God seeks His own (glory).
  2. Nature of glory
    1. Everything that happens is to glorify God, who is sovereign (i.e., Calvinistically, controls everything). However, this is inconsistent with the meaning of glorify. If a man sets fire to his neighbor's house, so he can then get glory by phoning the fire department, this would not glorify that man. Quite the opposite; he likely could end up in jail, and despised by the neighbors. Yet this is precisely what God does to glorify himself; he ordains (all) men to sin, so he can get glory by rescuing (only some) men from the fate of sin.
  3. Nature of guilt
    1. God ordains sin, but is not guilty. One response to this has been that God merely arranges the circumstances, especially the desires of the human heart, resulting in sin. This is not the biblical definition of guilt: David did not wield the sword, but still was guilty for arranging / "ordaining" the circumstances of a crime.
    2. Man (per Calvinism) cannot do other than sin (Total Depravity) but is still guilty and responsible for the sin.
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