OK 2b Luddite?

[Ghetta Life]

>From: MalignD at aol.com
>
> > <<Predestination is closely related to the Calvinist doctrine that
> > Salvation is obtained not by good works but by Faith and Grace alone.>>
> >
>Nitpicking, but faith and grace sans good works is Luther, no?

Yes.  But it is related to Calvanism because "to believe" is an action, a 
"work" which is the requirement for salvation.  Thus one who has "faith" is 
one who has "believed," which implies he has done the required action to 
earn salvation.  Calvan tried to escape this contradiction by way of 
predestination, whereby God ordained, enabled, those who would believe to do 
so.

I think this would be circular logic, but so is much of Chrisianity.

Ghetta

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