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To: thePilgrim
I presume by your response that I should be free to label...

As has always been the case, you are free to say anything you wish to say, while I am obligated to react to what you say according to the rules and guidelines given to me by the owner of the site. That is to say, let your conscience be your guide, and take the responsibility for the consequences of your actions.

It seems to me that you're overlooking Christ's several mandates regarding forgiveness (70x7; forgive me as I forgive them; etc), but that is on your head. But be that as it may, I am not here to justify my actions nor to listen to long-winded and repetitive divinations of "the rules". If you - and, of course, everyone else - would conduct yourself on this forum as a Christian, there would be no need for me or my "office".

As you say (or rather, almost say), let God mete out justice; it will not be achieved by mortal man. In any event, I'm not going to engage in a long and drawn out discussion of the rules. They are clearly posted, they are easily understood and it should be clear to all that they are most times enforced with a certain amount of lenience. If that is not satisfactory, well, there are other places on the Internet one can go vent. I've heard the argument "I did no wrong, he's the one!" so many times that it carries little or no weight any longer. Rather than demand the Golden Rule, practice it, and you'll do just fine.

28 posted on 09/04/2004 4:42:10 PM PDT by Religion Moderator
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To: Religion Moderator
Unfortunately, you have not done anything to clarify the rules for me, specifically why the pejorative & divissive label "hyper-Calvinist" is kosher, but you cannot give your seal of apporval to other labels. Perhaps, given your denominational affiliation in the PC(USA), you also think that the majority of the Calvinists on this forum are hyper-Calvinists, thus the term is appropriate. Your suggestion that the theological distinction lies in the area of predestination might lead you to believe that double-Predestinarians are hyper-Calvinists. Who knows. The funny thing is that I think I might be able to find numerous statements from Calvin himself which demonstrate that Calvin believed in a double predestination. After all, you can't have a conscious selection of one to receive eternal life without also having a conscious knowledge that those not elected will receive eternal condemnation.

Perhaps a theology primer would be in order:


33 posted on 09/04/2004 7:47:23 PM PDT by thePilgrim
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