tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007160.post2929271987634677723..comments2023-11-02T09:54:07.236-05:00Comments on the grenzian: Emerging PoliticsRobb Ryersehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701156780977117796noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007160.post-30366754402120677492008-04-29T20:50:00.000-05:002008-04-29T20:50:00.000-05:00Hmmm? 1. Joe is either - Saved or damned to hell....Hmmm? <BR/><BR/>1. Joe is either - Saved or damned to hell. <BR/>2. God is all-knowing, therefore can never make a mistake, and knows all events "Big God". <BR/>3. God knows that Joe will be damned and not saved.<BR/>4. Therefore, Joe must be a damned as he cannot be saved. <BR/>5. Therefore Joe could not choose between being saved and damned. <BR/>6. If God is all-knowing, then he knows who will be saved and who will be damned, and he knows which ones (including God himself)who will be involved in which events, and God cannot be mistaken. <BR/>7. Therefore all existences must be involved in all events as previously known by God. <BR/>8. Therefore no existence can choose between any of the events.<BR/><BR/>This why I am a Calvinist, I know I am not Joe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007160.post-77787330517363607612008-04-26T19:12:00.000-05:002008-04-26T19:12:00.000-05:00Mr. Anonymous,Maybe you are more of an astute theo...Mr. Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Maybe you are more of an astute theologian than I. We wouldn't know because you still haven't given us the link to your blog. But isn't Calvinism widely regarded as the "doctrines of grace"? Doesn't Calvinism teach that all of us deserve eternal damnation under the infinite wrath of God? And yet, God, not because we have earned it or deserved it, has chosen a different destiny for us? That seems pretty gracious to me.Robb Ryersehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02701156780977117796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007160.post-47133108106513289052008-04-18T21:11:00.000-05:002008-04-18T21:11:00.000-05:00Mr. Robb, Mr. Savage isn't very gracious? Is the b...Mr. Robb, Mr. Savage isn't very gracious? Is the bible God? Since God has already decided who will be saved and who will not, there is nothing humans can do to change this. You belive as I do that God has preordained everything, he knows beforehand who will and who will not receive salvation, a "big God" per your words. Is this gracious? Calvinism=Gracious Hmmm!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007160.post-87555207999515802162008-04-17T21:39:00.000-05:002008-04-17T21:39:00.000-05:00"Yea marriage is wonderful institution but I've he..."Yea marriage is wonderful institution but I've heard you've gotta be nuts in an institution" -Gene Simmons <BR/><BR/>Mankind is corrupt - I'm sorry that I ever made man. GodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007160.post-71563204958585893962008-04-13T23:14:00.000-05:002008-04-13T23:14:00.000-05:00Anonymous,Just out of idle curiosity, are there an...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Just out of idle curiosity, are there any institutions you do not think are corrupt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007160.post-20236040637264271692008-04-12T11:54:00.000-05:002008-04-12T11:54:00.000-05:00Yeah, something tells me that I am not going to en...Yeah, something tells me that I am not going to end up very close to where Michael Savage is. He doesn't strike me as a very gracious person. Attitude before positions.Robb Ryersehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02701156780977117796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007160.post-55561965570524351702008-04-11T23:03:00.000-05:002008-04-11T23:03:00.000-05:00Welcome to the dark side my friend!! Both parties ...Welcome to the dark side my friend!! Both parties are corrupt and they will do anything to keep others out. <BR/><BR/>Two Party System Politics Agenda<BR/>1. Power<BR/>2. Special Interests<BR/>3. Do all you can to keep another party out. <BR/><BR/>www.michaelsavage.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007160.post-88919023001580434862008-04-04T20:08:00.000-05:002008-04-04T20:08:00.000-05:00You should definitely read Jesus for President if ...You should definitely read <I>Jesus for President</I> if you haven't already. "reassessing beliefs" is an understatement.<BR/><BR/>It's like starting out with the intentions of doing a kitchen renovation and ending up with a pile of rubble where the house used to be...foundation and all!!!<BR/><BR/>That's a teaser and a warning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007160.post-42764510730434228972008-04-04T18:58:00.000-05:002008-04-04T18:58:00.000-05:00Oh well, as a registered independent, I'd like to ...Oh well, as a registered independent, I'd like to welcome you to the glorious realm of the "straddled fence" and the "lesser evil." ;-)<BR/><BR/>And we can have some wonderful discussions (disagreements, arguments, hair-pulling, fist fights, block wars, whatever) on the proper role of government in society and the general scheme of things. Oh--it will be ever so much fun!<BR/><BR/>Myself, I probably should be a Rebublican...after all the vast majority of my friends and practically anyone in my life who has been even remotely edifying to me has been a Republican. The problem is...I just don't identify with them. Never have. I agree with a lot of what they believe and claim to believe, but I also disagree with some fairly key points of the party line. Furthermore, in my lifetime they seem to have failed to live up to a lot of the principles they claim to hold. I waited 8 years for them to fix social security, reduce regulation, cut spending, and shrink the government. In that time, they did pretty much the opposite of what I helped vote them in there to do. Also, they basically embraced a number of the evils that I had previously associated with their opposite number. What am I to think? <BR/><BR/>Culturally, I have as much in common with the average Republican as I do with the average Martian. The term Family Values means almost nothing to me (of course, it doesn't come up so much any more, so I guess the point is moot).<BR/><BR/>I'd like to call myself a libertarian, but as a practical matter, the term doesn't really mean much. There are left-aligned libertarians who vote with the Democrats and right-aligned libertarians who vote with the Republicans (assuming they vote at all), so you basically wind up with the same old dichotomy. Of course, you can throw away your vote for a libertarian candidate but don't expect to see him/her in office.<BR/><BR/>Enough rambling. I think Machiavelli might have some interesting perspectives for you, but I'm going to go home and dig out my book before I can subjec-er, umm...share them with you.<BR/><BR/>Oh...and before Anonymous gets around to it, you're a bad person and a poor excuse of a Christian for not being...well...whatever the heck Anonymous is supposed to be (judging from it's last post...an anarchist?) and not living up to Anonymous's impossibly high yet undefined standards. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com