To: HossB86; 1000 silverlings; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; count-your-change; ...
IIRC, Calvin never started a religion. That was not his intent and the name of the doctrinal position he held was credited to him after he died.
Plus, Calvinism is not a religion, nor a denomination.
Some people will stop at nothing to misrepresent history in their hate.
150 posted on
04/28/2011 8:12:58 PM PDT by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: metmom
I would guess that the charge of homosexuality against Calvin comes from the biography of Calvin written by Jerome Bolsec, a Catholic monk and a bitter enemy of Calvin.
However, not even the Catholic church takes his slander seriously. It was more a case of hurt feelings over the fact that Calvin tried to have Bolsec banished when the two disagreed over doctrine.
154 posted on
04/28/2011 8:51:38 PM PDT by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: metmom
Some people will stop at nothing to misrepresent history in their hate. As is plainly seen in the screed posted to defend the Roman Catholic Cult, its heresies, pedophilia, and "other gospel."
Hoss
200 posted on
04/29/2011 6:39:58 AM PDT by
HossB86
( NOBODY admits to being a Calvinist unless they are one. I AM ONE.)
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