Motivation & Calvinism
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Claim
Calvinism encourages apathy.
One motivation for accepting Calvinism is that it absolves one of all responsibility.
Refuting Calvinism
Trying to please God and failing, thinking it is difficult or well-nigh impossible (contrary to the words of Jesus that his yoke is easy) to serve God or please Him, people find it welcome and a relief to think that this is taken care of by God himself. They cannot fail to accomplish God's will in their lives, for God himself is going to make sure (or already has made sure) that His will is going to be accomplished in their own life, regardless of whether they try or not, and that nothing they do, or even can do, will thwart this realization of God's purpose.
Calvinism influences towards apathy, encouraging de facto such reasoning as, Why bother trying, if God's will is going to happen regardless?
There are 2 motivational fruits of Calvinism here:
- the motivation to believe Calvinism is true, since its claims seem to absolve one of all responsibility (though Calvinism's claims are false)
- the motivation to apathy, to do nothing good or for God, since Calvinism claims all efforts cannot change what is going to happen anyway
Supporting Calvinism
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