Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
It's just been a story of gradually increasing corruption, gradually spreading it's dominion over the earth. Until we get the apocalyptic finale. *yay*



Far from making a mockery of God, the purpose of election is to show his own glory. Rather than people saving themselves through their own merits, God reveals his power through them. Did God make a mockery of himself when he withdrew his presence from the ancient Israelites? No, but rather in returning to them he showed how entirely dependent the church was on him for its deliverence, even for its daily bread when he fed them manna.
So the body of Christ is perpetually rotting? That certainly does not glorify God.

As to the reformed definition of election, it simply cuts down the number of the saved from the whole of God's children to merely His prophets. One cannot reconcile with a Reformed Christian because he believes he is justified and sanctified, and his opposer is a limb of the Devil.

Calvinism has caused division within the body of Christ beyond mere schism. It's totalitarian doctrine belittles Man, God's greatest creation and therefore belittles God.