F. D. R. said, "A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward." We might also observe that a liberal is a man with two perfectly good legs who has walked forward, but has no idea how he got there.
Calvinism is the stepping stone to Arminianism: Predestination was used by God in order to affect salvation. Or, God predestined a select few to the working out of salvation for all. Simply put: God's plan to save the world was carried out by those he chose.
The error in strict Calvinism is that they use the exception to redefine the rule (or they use the method to define the plan). The error goes like this: If God chooses, there can't be any other method by which God acts. Therefore, he has already chosen those who have come to him and already excluded those who have rejected him. What alludes the Calvinist is they have substituted the method for the...
