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Dear non-Calvinist, I am reading a book that prompts the following: Calvinism, whatever you think about it, is not like a song. One can like or dislike a song. If I disagree with you and think it is a good song and you hate it, I might wish you liked it and wonder why you can't see how great it is. But that is all I can do. But not so with Calvinism and non-Calvinism. Calvinism is not like a song. A piece of music can no more be true or false than an argument can be in or out of tune. If you are writing a book about Calvinism and seek to persuade your reader that Calvinism is false, it is no good telling me about how bad Calvinism makes you feel and expecting me to agree with you. Calvinism may be false, but nothing you have said makes the case.  Calvinism is not like a song. There are no good arguments that I can make that will change your tastes. At least, if you do change your taste it will not be because of good arguments. Perhaps many bad arguments will do the t...

The number of false beliefs, bad attitudes, and general naughtiness is very large, but the number may never be known. It has been  reported  that the device used for measuring human bad thought, action, and attitude has been buried in a stack of fingers-in-your-ears leaving most people with no way to know just how much bad stuff has befallen us.  The device, found in most houses, is supposed to be regularly attended to, meditated upon and loved. However, neglect has led to vastly different ideas as to how much wickedness has been going on lately. Some report vast blizzards of wickedness while others report very little or even none at all. Many say they will need to pay closer attention to the measuring device in future, but are not sure they will have the time. Meanwhile, one official reported that we would just have to make do with the collective best guess and legislate accordingly. He stated that it was likely that we could manage by just attending to the peo...