Proving Calvinism

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer said ...

In conversation with him, one virtually feels that one is dealing not at all with a person, but with slogans, catchwords and the like that have taken possession of him. 1

What Bonhoeffer seems to be saying is that something is missing - namely, thinking. Calvinism should be considered with thought - prove all things, the Bible exhorts us, Bereans searched the scriptures, etc..

 

Reifying labels

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Optimizing a thing that should not exist, is possibly the number one engineering mistake of a smart engineer, per Elon Musk.  https://youtu.be/t705r8ICkRw?t=1047

Reifying labels is along similar lines. They should not - rather, do not - exist as the things they represent, but too often they can be treated or described ("optimized") as though they do exist.