William Carey (some call him the father of modern missions) was passive, presumptuous?
The Pilgrims were passive? Really? Never heard that before.
And the ones I hear calling the Pilgrims presumptuous are usually God-hatin liberals.
I’d never heard of William Carey, but his wikipedia page shows a quite tragic figure. It doesn’t say who christened him with the title “the father of modern missions”, but it sounds more subjective than definitional as missionary work was continuous in the Catholic Church.
As for passivity and presumptuousness I was referring to Calvinism’s heresies, not any specific persons who may or may not be active and/or humble. If I understand the doctrine correctly, please feel free to explain it better to me if I don’t, Calvinism essentially believes that Calvinists will be the only ones saved because they were elected to be saved by God in advance. You know you are saved because you believe this. It makes the rest of humanity mere window dressing.
It leads to a passivity about the salvation of others and a “I’m saved now pull the ladder up” attitude among its professors. At least that is my personal experience with Calvinism. I am certain that exceptions exist, though.