tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472599.post1711375996536375114..comments2023-09-23T06:32:35.421-07:00Comments on Thoughts from the Reformed Perspective: PuritanCalvinisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285973808564103125noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472599.post-12238804820141202492007-11-02T10:45:00.000-07:002007-11-02T10:45:00.000-07:001.Alright, I should have qualified my statement. I...1.Alright, I should have qualified my statement. I believe that, as long as it harms none, one may do as one will. This is the law of liberty in love. 2. Yes both the french and Bolshevik revolutions may have involved attrocities against those thought to be counter-revolutionary, but it was not based upon it. The liberal democratic and or socialistic doctrines behind the respective revolutions recognised indivisual human rights. So it was in spite of the ideology, rather than because of it, that abuses of power accured. Under fascism however the state, and or church, is considered to be more important than the indivisual citizen. As a consequence, dissidents are not only deprived of power, but of life and liberty as well. This was the cause of the people being burned to death under clerics like John Calvin, and gassed to death by dictators like Adolf Hitler.RedKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428813816495738684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472599.post-36291789820518269352007-10-27T19:35:00.000-07:002007-10-27T19:35:00.000-07:00rednight,1. We would never force anyone to convert...rednight,<BR/><BR/>1. We would never force anyone to convert. We conquer the world by the sword of the spirit, not the physical sword. People who are non Christians would be allowed to practice their religion, but we would be seeking to convert them. <BR/><BR/>2. What do you mean "Live your lives as you see fit?" You yourself deny that. You just told us that you do not like the idea of a Muslim slaying people who do not accept Islam. So, you want us to allow you to live life the way you see fit, when you will not allow a radical Muslim to live life the way he sees fit??????? Surely this borders on incoherence.<BR/><BR/>3. The question is which worldview [Jew, Christian, or Muslim] is objectively, factually true. That will determine who is going to hell.<BR/><BR/>4. The question is the objective truth of individual worldviews. <I>Every</I> worldview has persecuted someone at some time or another. Remember the French Revolution and Soviet Communism? Thus, I would rather have a system that can make sense of why it is wrong to execute people for various reasons, than a worldview that cannot make sense out of morality at all.PuritanCalvinisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285973808564103125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472599.post-10769803130950345472007-10-26T16:26:00.000-07:002007-10-26T16:26:00.000-07:00The difference between christians and Jews is that...The difference between christians and Jews is that Jews do not feel the need to convince everybody to become a Judaic monotheist. They believe that there are righteous indisuals amongst all of the peoples of the world. Also muslims believe that both Jews and christians are wrong in rejecting Muhammad as the prophet of the God of Abraham. So as I understand it, they feel that both Donny Deutsch, and Ann Coulter, are destined for Jahannam(Hell), if they do not become muslim. My last point is to ask you, what would be done with all of the unbelievers, if and when you puritan calvinists take over America? Will we be exiled, executed, enslaved? If we are not given the freedom to practise our religion, and or live our lives as we see fit, according to our free will, then I feel that those like yourself are no better than Islamists. In fact you may even be worse, as Islamists at least permit infidels to live as subjects under there rule. And christians, including calvinists have violently persecuted heretics under there rule. Which you should very well know, if you've ever studied the history of the Christian church. P.S. I believe in free will because "life is a dance you choose", as Aselin Debison has so well stated.RedKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428813816495738684noreply@blogger.com