The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Age of Accountability?

Hmmmmmmmm, why should he be graced with the name "Calvinist" when he at least qualifies equally to be called a "Moderate Arminian". It has always amused me that most prefer to be known as "4-Point; 3-Point; 2-Point and even 1-Point Calvinists". Rarely do you ever hear someone refer to themselves or others as, e.g., 3-Point Arminians. Why is that? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/evilgrin.gif" alt="" />

Erickson's attempt to straddle the fence, as it were, as he does in the quotes Tom provided, ends in him unwittingly denying the very thing he says he holds to be true, i.e., Original Sin; the imputation of Adam's guilt and the inheritance of a corrupt nature. Rom 5:12 clearly says: "and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:--". ALL die because ALL sinned in Adam, and thus we ALL are guilty before God. The attempts to evade this truth, that we are born with imputed guilt, are endless but at the end of the day they all fail. However, reading how men to try to circumvent this is quite entertaining, IMHO. Secondly, if/since ALL have inherited a corruption of nature, then of necessity, the expression of one's entire being is also corrupt. This has been the orthodox understanding for over two millennia. We call it the doctrine of Total Depravity. Since one's nature is spiritually dead, every thought, word and deed is naturally sinful and thus the individual is worthy of condemnation on this fact alone, never mind the fact that the guilt of Adam's sin is imputed at conception. The inheritance of a sin nature necessitates that one be born from above, aka: regenerated, by the sovereign mercy and gracious operation of the Holy Spirit. The imputation of guilt necessitates remission of sin and an imputed alien righteousness. (Eph 2:1-10; et al)

Okay.... what is it that "I" believe? There is an age of accountability, without any doubt. And that age is "0"; it starts at conception. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

In His Grace,