[Religion Moderator]

Source reference?

[Cronos]

Calvinism and Universalism (Unitarian Universalists) are two sides of the same coin --> both extreme opinions completely diverging from Christian thought.

As Calvin taught about his caste system with the elite elect caste and taught about his CalvinGod that made men do evil (since hypercalvinism means that men with no free will are mindless robots), there was the other extreme reaction to this -- Universalism.

This is, after all, the church of John Murray, the ex-Calvinist Englishman who founded the Universalist Church in America 200 years ago and preached the doctrine of universal salvation, the belief that "every individual shall in due time be separated from sin.". Of Calvinist background, he was influenced by the Methodism of John Wesley but was converted to Universalism, the doctrine of universal redemption. He organized the first American Universalist Church in 1779 at Gloucester, Mass.

Hosea Ballou (1771 - 1852), a New England theologian and clergyman, formulated the basic tenets of Universalism. Upon reacting against the Calvinist position on salvation of the elect only, he began teaching that all people are saved (universal salvation) and that there is no eternal punishment.

In both of these failings, you see the errors by veering wildly out of Christian beliefs as taught by orthodoxy. And in both they end up in disbelief and in rejection of a loving, Christian God

[Natural Law]

"Source reference?"

I certainly hope this sets a precedent for the outlandish and blasphemous charges made against the Catholic Church and its dogma, clergy and history.

[Notwithstanding]

When did FR’s Religion Moderator start requiring references for information posted here?

[annalex]

To the extent that your inquiry represents a requirement to source one’s quotes ont he Religion forum I welcome the change.