Why then do you insist that he does things differently than what is described in scripture? Scripture says that he chose his elect from the foundation of the earth. Yet you do not merely state that you don't understand what that means, you deny that it is true because you know that would mean that it was his will that everything that has occurred on this planet, the good, the bad and the ugly, is all a part of God's perfect plan. You disagree with what the scriptures say. Instead of declaring it a mystery, you deny it. When you deny it, you make God appear as if he didn't plan things to turn out exactly as they did. When you deny it, you make it seem as if God did not know who the elect were before the foundation of the earth and that he doesn't know who the elect are now.
He knows. He always has known. Deal with it.
I admit my ignorance. And I suggest that you admit your ignorance too. For, you claim to know not only the Scripture, but that your interpretation of the Scripture is complete and perfect!
I trust that the 2,000 year old collective wisdom of the Church knows how to read Scripture and how to interpret it. You actually claim that you know better.
This is the kind of arrogance and pride that I am talking about when I say that I just don't see Protestants emulating Christ. Instead, I see individuals deifying themselves as the final interpreters of the Scripture, perfectly and completely.
The problem is that your interpretation of the faith is different, radically different from the truth known to the Christian world from the beginning. You want me to "deal with it" as you see it.
It is not the Church that bows to the traditions of men, but rather the Protestants who place individul interpretation as nothing short of absolute truth.
Don't flatter yourself.