[xJones]

It never really escapes the core idea of the bondage of the soul, the captivity of the human heart to sin -- that it's not simply infected by a disease that may be fatal if left untreated, but it is mortal.

But it can't be mortal if one is predestined as an elect. So why worry if all the unelect are fooling themselves? They dare think they are saved? If they were born to go to hell, it makes no differance any way. Wave bye-bye and go on.

[jimtorr]

But it can't be mortal if one is predestined as an elect.

Isn't that what Arian taught? (Arian is not to be confused with Aryan, by the way. Arian was an early church leader, not a mythical race of proto-germans)