To: Dr. Eckleburg
That's no excerpt, that's a fact.
No wonder Calvinists are so bitter, Calvin's father and brother both worked for the bishopric of Noyon in Picardy as a treasurer and lawyer.
Calvin's father, Gerard, was involved in some financial misdeeds and refused to provide the financial records to the Bishop of Noyon . Gerard was excommunicated for his misdeeds and later on so was his son Charles.
Gerard then made John Calvin leave his theological studies to become a French Lawyer, which is very apropos considering what John learned from his father. John's ever growing bitterness against the Church for the excommunication of his father and brother forced him to leave the Church altogether.
And now you know the roots of Calvinism and its bitterness.
The problem is that the followers of Calvin hate the followers of Christ and
The Rabid Calvinist cult wants
CONTROL!!
They wish to set up their police-state to enforce their idea that
Calvinism = Christianity
Which is FALSE and egotistical -- just like Calvin himself, are Calvin's followers
To: Cronos
Did you write those paragraphs?
If not, you are breaking the rules and putting FR in jeopardy.
And you seem happy about both those facts. Weird.
So how far are you willing to take this falsehood of yours? Did you write those paragraphs or would a google search reveal they are the work of someone else?
2,028 posted on
01/30/2011 1:36:37 AM PST by
Dr. Eckleburg
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