Let's think about Byron the Bulb

[David Morris]

Calvin's concept of the "elect" is a product of two concepts:  God's
omniscience and salvation via God's Grace (as opposed to any good
works of "fallen" man).   Through omniscience God knows who will
accept his free gift of salvation, and because even the act of
accepting this gift would be a "good work" on the part of the
individual, God actually chooses the "elect" from the very beginning
of creation.

Essentially Calvanism exposes a number of logical failings in basic
Christian theology.

David Morris

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I confess I have not read Calvin and thus am not qualified to comment on his philosophy, but this thread has raised my curiosity.  What is Calvin's actual teaching on preterition v. election?  (That omnipresent v. again....)