GottseiEhre,<br><br>Please understand that my reply and criticisms were directed at the "argument" you posed, which you have stated is not your own. I had thought that the way I had phrased them would be understood "generally" and not personally; I didn't consider that they might be what you embraced at all. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin[/img] At least I didn't understand what you wrote as being your own personal belief. So, I not so cleverly used your text as a springboard to put forth a brief apologetic against the errors and for the historic doctrine held by the vast majority of Calvinists. Thus the comments about "fate", etc., were NOT directed at you but were simply written to show the logical end that one would be left with if the biblical doctrine was rejected. I'll try to do better next time. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/laugh.gif" alt="laugh" title="laugh[/img]<br><br>In His Grace,<br>


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