[P-Marlowe]

It’s Dr. E’s influence. Since we haven’t had a Neener’s Friday in some time I fell into bad company.

Dr. E was gone all week. I don't think you can use that excuse.

Maybe you should blame Gamecock.

Then again, maybe we should just hijack this thread.

N³

[xzins]

Since I’m a Calvinist in the tradition of someone or other, I will defend the old boy.

Calvin fit right into his era, and except for his brilliance and work ethic, his ideas of government, justice, crime and punishment, etc. were no different than those in the nations round about him.

There is no one who can say that God is surprised by anything IF they believe that God is all-knowing. Therefore, there is no one who can get away from the seeming “injustice” of one guy being saved and another guy being lost; one guy having tragedy and another having great wealth.

Did God not know these things? Therefore, there is little reason to pretend some kind of superiority toward those who say God planned everything, because whether directly or INDIRECTLY, He did.

This simply raises the question: Do we trust Him and His love and goodness? If we do, then we gladly put everything in His hands and know that all things will work together for good.