I've heard this idea before that Calvin was just a product of his time with the legalism etc, but regardless of the extent of the similarities you could draw between his society and his interpretation of the Bible, his ideas that you mentioned do seem to be there. Adam does break his covenant with God, and it is also humanity that breaks their later covenants throughout the OT, whether Noahide, Abrahamic etc. Also, Christ is a king betrayed by his people, who goes on to forgive them.
I don't argue that Adam did not have free will, but I do believe his actions lost if for the rest of us. In committing that first sin, he was separated from God, and whoever sins is a slave to sin etc. To argue for free will in the Pelagian sense, you would have to deny that this original sin is passed down to Adam's descendents.
I agree fully with the last bit. The controversy is over how we come to Christ in the first place. Whether we can choose to do it, or whether he grants even our faith to us as part of the 'package' he gained at Calvary. Also, if God worked to be united with all of humanity, why does Jesus in one place say that he came do to the will of his Father that sent him, and then later that he prays only for those that his Father has given him?
I know what you are saying, but how can you be sure that the sin is not part of our nature? Why the water and oil analogy, and not mixing black and white paint or something? Considering when arguing this point, we were talking about what Calvin believed, surely when he says "corruption" he implies that sinfullness not only is added on top of our soul through original sin, but becomes an actual part of it? You seem to be suggesting that our 'natural' souls are conflicted with our imputed sinfulness, however the only such conflicts mentioned in the scripture are between our regenerated souls and the flesh. Furthermore, imagery such as removing a heart of stone for a heart of flesh seems to suggest there was nothing good/pure there to begin with.
We're debating what exactly Calvin believes on the matter of total depravity, so you have to go along with giving the scripture some authority here.
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