TRUMP BETTER START SPENDING SOME OF HIS TEN BILLION ,... Or Dr. Ben and the Libs ( and Establishment Gop Ghouls ) are gonna upend him ,... eventually ,..

The Republicans had another Debate Last Night ,...

Ho Hum,..

Yeah ,..and this one ...and Going in ,.. seemed to have the Least interest of the four so far ,.. and quite a sharp decline ,.. 

,..but that's to be expected ,.. these things do get old ,..

Our Media is trying - and doing a pretty good job - of 'convincing' all of us idiots ,..that some guy named Ben Carson ,..uh ,..is apparently the new guy that everybody now Likes,..

And not the Trumpster ,..

DON'T BELIEVE IT !

IT'S A BUNCHA' BULLSHIT ,..

BEN CARSON is as boring and sleepy as you perceive already ! And Just as SNL depicts.,..

Sure,..he might make a good president someday ,..but no way - in reality - does this guy contain the celebrity, money, big crowds, and all the other goodies that THE DON has displayed ,.. and has been doing well now for many months ,..

But maybe ,..as they say ,..the Don has peaked way too early ,... maybe the Don is now getting a bit stale, too predictable ,.. and somehow lost his flavor of the month politically ,..

Seen that ,..been there,..Done that,..

But yeah ,..the Don is in some form of mild decline lately ,..and yeah : U CAN SEE THAT ,.. AS CAN I ,.. and glaringly ,..

YA SEE,... The Don isn't spendin' much of his 10 Billion Bucks ,.. and it's a ,..causin' issues n' shit,..

Problems ,..if you will ,..

This guy needs to carpet bomb Iowa n' shit ,..with like Ads galore ,.. he needs to attack Carson ,..not just Rubio and Rosie ,..

Plus ,..for all his apparent expertise in so many thangs ,.. which he rules ,.and as he will be the first to tell ya ,.. the Don ,..uh,..seems to not really know positive  advertising that well .,... I Clark the Shark took some nowhere rock band that was sittin' in my drawers for like 20 years and made it like really big on the web a few years ago ,..and with just like real semi-modest propaghanda stuff n' tricks ,..up to the point where briefly ,.i was signin' a few autographs circa- 2008, 2009 and 10' .,.,..I know what it would entail ,..to help the Don,... but apparently the Don does not ,..he who once ruled ratings at NBC n' all,..

Now,..the Don has zillions of dineros ,.. but he can't seem to bat away that pesky Dr. Ben ,..

I see now that the Don is as Greedy and tight as many have claimed in the past,..

BUT ,.. the Don had better get with it ,..

He better start spendin' that War-chest,..

,..or Uncle Ben ,...as boring and tedious as he is ,.. just may make life miserable for Donald the dummy !!

AND BELIEVE ME ,... Our mainstream media and the old guard of the Goofy Gop are working overtime together to oust ol' Trumpy from the scene ,...

The Don better know that !! And know it WELL !! 

THE INSANITY OF CALVINISM EXPLAINED 101 ,.......

The Five Points of Calvinism

There are two mains camps of theology within Christianity in America today: Arminianism and Calvinism. Calvinism is a system of biblical interpretation taught by John Calvin. Calvin lived in France in the 1500's at the time of Martin Luther who sparked the Reformation.

The system of Calvinism adheres to a very high view of scripture and seeks to derive its theological formulations based solely on God’s word. It focuses on God’s sovereignty, stating that God is able and willing by virtue of his omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence, to do whatever He desires with His creation. It also maintains that within the Bible are the following teachings: That God, by His sovereign grace predestines people into salvation; that Jesus died only for those predestined; that God regenerates the individual where he is then able and wants to choose God; and that it is impossible for those who are redeemed to lose their salvation.

Arminianism, on the other hand, maintains that God predestined, but not in an absolute sense. Rather, He looked into the future to see who would pick him and then He chose them. Jesus died for all peoples' sins who have ever lived and ever will live, not just the Christians. Each person is the one who decides if he wants to be saved or not. And finally, it is possible to lose your salvation (some arminians believe you cannot lose your salvation).

Basically, Calvinism is known by an acronym: T.U.L.I.P.

Total Depravity (also known as Total Inability and Original Sin)
Unconditional Election
Limited Atonement (also known as Particular Atonement)
Irresistible Grace
Perseverance of the Saints (also known as Once Saved Always Saved)

These five categories do not comprise Calvinism in totality. They simply represent some of its main points.

Total Depravity:

Sin has affected all parts of man. The heart, emotions, will, mind, and body are all affected by sin. We are completely sinful. We are not as sinful as we could be, but we are completely affected by sin.

The doctrine of Total Depravity is derived from scriptures that reveal human character: Man’s heart is evil (Mark 7:21-23) and sick Jer. 17:9). Man is a slave of sin (Rom. 6:20). He does not seek for God (Rom. 3:10-12). He cannot understand spiritual things (1 Cor. 2:14). He is at enmity with God (Eph. 2:15). And, is by nature a child of wrath (Eph. 2:3). The Calvinist asks the question, "In light of the scriptures that declare man’s true nature as being utterly lost and incapable, how is it possible for anyone to choose or desire God?" The answer is, "He cannot. Therefore God must predestine."

Calvinism also maintains that because of our fallen nature we are born again not by our own will but God’s will (John 1:12-13); God grants that we believe (Phil. 1:29); faith is the work of God (John 6:28-29); God appoints people to believe (Acts 13:48); and God predestines (Eph. 1:1-11; Rom. 8:29; 9:9-23).

BS !!

This is nonsense : Jesus Died for ALL ,..it repeatedly says this in scripture,.. Up there in Heaven, God Has   a list of his "Chosen Few"  ,... WE DON'T KNOW Who they are !! The Only thing We each can do is believe and pray to God and ask for forgiveness hourly daily ,... True,..sin is hard to avoid ,..but it is IMPOSSIBLE to completely avoid it ,.. Your brain is a computer that commits thousands of sins per day ,..per hour ,..per second !!,....We would ALL GO TO HELL WITHOUT ATONEMENT !! THAT I AM SORRY TO SAY IS "A WORK" AS PROTESTANTS CALL IT ! ,..This is a form of "Faith Vs Works" argument debate ,..a debate which actually takes place amongst Catholics at times,..WITHIN THE CHURCH ITSELF ! It frustrates me here that Protestants and Calvinists even "Use" and invoke Scripture at all ,... Scripture was written and compiled by early Christians ( Catholics ) ,..and the Catholic faith comes from and is based on these early Christians who were "Inspired" by God almighty ,..It is insulting to me that Calvinists and other Protestants quote OUR SCRIPTURE - THE BOOK 'WE' WROTE !! ALL BECAUSE they don't wanna go to Catholic Church ,..and they wanna be "Priest" at their own little "Church" AT SOME STRIP MALL ,..and run their own little business ,..so they can drive a nice Jeep from "Tithings !!"

Unconditional Election:

God does not base His election on anything He sees in the individual. He chooses the elect according to the kind intention of His will (Eph. 1:4-8; Rom. 9:11) without any consideration of merit within the individual. Nor does God look into the future to see who would pick Him. Also, as some are elected into salvation, others are not (Rom. 9:15, 21).

WHAT A CROCK !!

READ THE BIBLE ONE MORE TIME YA SCHMUCK !!

THAT IS NONSENSE ! Obviously, that's not what the scripture really means ! All of that would deny Free Will ,... and the whole point of the Cross is to "Choose" the Lamb of God ,... WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD !! SINS ARE CHOICES !! WE MAKE !

"WRONGDOINGS" Are what gets one into hell ,...You are not "Pre-chosen" to go there ,...obviously 'that' wouldn't be fair ,.. ARE YOU CALVINISTS IMPLYING THAT GOD IS UNFAIR ?? ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT LITTLE BABIES ARE GOING TO HELL ??? YER NUTS !!

Limited Atonement:

Jesus died only for the elect. Though Jesus’ sacrifice was sufficient for all, it was not efficacious for all. Jesus only bore the sins of the elect. Support for this position is drawn from such scriptures as Matt. 26:28 where Jesus died for ‘many'; John 10:11, 15 which say that Jesus died for the sheep (not the goats, per Matt. 25:32-33); John 17:9 where Jesus in prayer interceded for the ones given Him, not those of the entire world; Acts 20:28 and Eph. 5:25-27 which state that the Church was purchased by Christ, not all people; and Isaiah 53:12 which is a prophecy of Jesus’ crucifixion where he would bore the sins of many (not all).

WE DON'T KNOW 'WHO' THE ELECT ARE !! WE ARE MERE MEN ,...WE ARE NOT PERFECT,..WE MAKE MISTAKES,... GOD DOES NOT ! This means that there have been  50 Billion people from Earth ( or something like that ,..through out history )  and not "All" can go to Heaven ,... DUH ,..OF COURSE ......SADDAM HUSSEIN, HITLER, CHARLES MANSON, Jeffrey Dahmer , Stalin, Kim Jong Ill, TED BUNDY ,.. and many others probably might not be going to Heaven ,... JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS FOR ALL MANKIND !! THOSE WHO "CHOOSE" HIM ,..AND DO 'GOOD' FOR HIM ,..Not Just choose him ,..

 NOTE HERE: There are Christians who Pray all the time and always go to church but they are mean to people ,...they despise other people without good reason ,..they practice hatred for other people ,..yet they are Christian and they constantly pray ,.... So Calvinist Geniuses ?? What becomes of these mean people - of which we know there are many ,...Do they automatically go straight up thar to Heaven ???ARE YOU SAYING SIN GETS INTO HEAVEN WITH OR WITHOUT ATONEMENT ( REPENTANCE )  Just because according to You they are so "Saved" in Christ's Grace ?? DO YOU NOT BELIEVE THAT RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY THERE 'ARE' HUMAN SOULS IN HELL THAT WERE CHRISTIANS WHEN THEY WERE HERE ON EARTH ?? WELL,..THERE ARE !!

DEAL WITH IT !! 

Irresistible Grace:

When God calls his elect into salvation, they cannot resist. God offers to all people the gospel message. This is called the external call. But to the elect, God extends an internal call and it cannot be resisted. This call is by the Holy Spirit who works in the hearts and minds of the elect to bring them to repentance and regeneration whereby they willingly and freely come to God. Some of the verses used in support of this teaching are Romans 9:16 where it says that "it is not of him who wills nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy"; Philippians 2:12-13 where God is said to be the one working salvation in the individual; John 6:28-29 where faith is declared to be the work of God; Acts 13:48 where God appoints people to believe; and John 1:12-13 where being born again is not by man’s will, but by God’s.
“All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out," (John 6:37).

THIS IS TOTAL B.S. ! 

FREE WILL HERE ON EARTH FOR THE HUMAN RACE MEANS WE 'CHOOSE' ,..EVERYTHING IS A CHOICE BY US ,.. WE CHOOSE TO ACCEPT CHRIST AND GOD'S WILL OR WE DO NOT !! 'THAT' IS Exactly what the Bible is implying here ,..and says throughout scripture ! Adam and Even "Chose" to do bad ,... Sure,.. up in Heaven ,..God "knew" that and what they would choose BAD ,..BUT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT GOD KNEW EXACTLY ,..THEY CHOSE BAD ON THEIR OWN ,.. THEY CHOSE EVIL ( SATAN ) ,... GOD DID NOT CHOOSE IT FOR THEM ! ,...THEY COULD HAVE CHOSE GOOD : THEY DIDN'T ! True,... they weren't very smart and evil was an easy choice ,.. but not the LOGICAL CHOICE !! 


I think EDUCATION NEEDED 
is Quite Clear here Sherlock !!

Perseverance of the Saints:
You cannot lose your salvation. Because the Father has elected, the Son has redeemed, and the Holy Spirit has applied salvation, those thus saved are eternally secure. They are eternally secure in Christ. Some of the verses for this position are John 10:27-28 where Jesus said His sheep will never perish; John 6:47 where salvation is described as everlasting life; Romans 8:1 where it is said we have passed out of judgment; 1 Corinthians 10:13 where God promises to never let us be tempted beyond what we can handle; and Phil. 1:6 where God is the one being faithful to perfect us until the day of Jesus’ return.

NOT TRUE !! EVERYDAY A CHRISTIAN GOES TO STARBUCKS AND SEES SOME CHICK IN BLACK TIGHTS ,..and then goes and gets in his car and crashes ,...THE FALL ,... THE END !!

SORRY ,..BUT THAT'S MY ANALOGY THERE,..

BETTER KEEP PRAYIN' JUNIOR !!

Calvinism Vs. Catholicism 2015.

I found this online and thought it fascinating ! 

PREDESTINATION, SALVATION, AND DAMNATION

Calvinism and Catholicism Contrasted

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THIRTEEN POINTS ON PREDESTINATION AND SALVATION

1. God infallibly foresees and immutably preordains from eternity all future events.

2. However, this does not mean fatalistic necessity, for the destruction of human liberty.

3. Consequently, man is free whether he accepts grace and does good or whether he rejects it and does evil.

4. God desires that all men obtain eternal happiness.

5. Christ has died for all men, though not all avail themselves of the benefits of redemption.

6. God preordained both eternal happiness and the good works of the elect.

7. God predestined no one positively to hell, much less sin.

8. Consequently, just as no one is saved against His will, so the reprobate perish solely on account of their wickedness.

9. God foresaw the everlasting pains of the impious from all eternity, and preordained this punishment on account of their sins.

10. However, He does not fail therefore to hold out the grace of conversion to sinners, or pass over those who are not predestined.

11. As long as the reprobate live on earth, they may be accounted true Christians and members of the Church, just as on the other hand the predestined may be outside the pale of Christianity and of the Church.

12. Without special revelation, no one can know with certainty that he belongs to the number of the elect.

13. With our faith in Christ and perseverance in obedience (2 Pet 1:10) we can have what is called a "moral certitude" of our salvation.

SUMMARY OF CATHOLIC TEACHING

1. God knows all things, including those who will be saved (THE ELECT). 2. God's foreknowledge does not destroy, but includes, free will. 3. God desires all men to be saved. 4. Jesus died to redeem all men. 5. God provides sufficient grace for all men to be saved. 6. Man, in the exercise of his free will, can accept or reject grace. 7. Those who accept grace are saved, or born-again. 8. Those who are born-again can fall away or fall into sin. 9. Not everyone who is saved will persevere in grace. 10. Those who do persevere are God's elect. 11. Those who do not persevere, or who never accepted grace, are the reprobate. 12. Since we can always reject God in this life, we have no absolute assurance that we will persevere. 13. We can have a moral assurance of salvation if we maintain faith and keep God's commandments (1 John 2:1-6; 3:19-23; 5:1-3,13).

IMPORTANT DISTINCTIONS

1. Predestination is not predetermination :

"Predestination is nothing else than the foreknowledge and foreordaining of those gracious gifts which make certain the salvation of all who are saved." (St. Augustine, Persever 14:35)

Predestination is God's decree of the happiness of the elect. God's infallible foreknowledge (and thus predestination also) includes free will. God's foreknowledge cannot force upon man unavoidable coercion, for the simple reason that it is at bottom nothing else than the eternal vision of the future historical actuality. God foresees the free activity of a man precisely as that individual is willing to shape it, predestination is not predetermination of the human will.

2. Election is a consequence of God's foreknowledge :

By definition, the ELECT are those whom God infallibly foresees will be saved (Rom 8:28-30). By this definition, it is impossible for the elect to be lost, precisely because God foreknows who will not be lost. But since election depends on God's infallible foreknowledge, we simply have no way of knowing whether or not we are in that category -- God knows with certainty His elect, but we do not. The elect are predestined in the sense that God knows them, and enables them by grace, to be saved.

3. Free will can resist and reject God's grace :

"You stiff-necked people...you always resist the Holy Spirit" (Acts 7:51). The angels possessed grace and perfectly intact intellect, and yet many of them freely sinned and rejected God. Adam and Eve possessed grace and a perfectly intact nature, and yet they freely sinned. How much more so is it possible for the born-again Christian, who possesses grace but also a wounded nature and a darkened intellect, to sin also. Paul mentions sins which keep a man from the Kingdom of God: fornication, adultery, homosexuality, theft, greed, and so on (1 Cor 6:9-10).

When Jesus was expressly asked what one must do to gain eternal life, he answered, "keep the commandments," and went on to list the moral commandments of the Decalogue (Matt 19:16-21). Revelation describes those whose lot is the burning pool of fire and sulfur, the second death: "cowards, the unfaithful, the depraved, murderers, the unchaste" and so on (Rev 21:8). Aren't born-again Christians capable of these sins? And if they die in these sins, how can they possibly inherit heaven? If Adam and Eve could fall from grace, surely we can fall from grace as well. Surely we can harden our hearts and resist the Holy Spirit.

4. We cannot confuse Election with being "Born Again" :

The set of those who are "born again" (in Catholic and historic Christian understanding those who have been regenerated "of water and Spirit" in the Sacrament of Baptism -- John 3:3,5; Acts 2:38) is not necessarily co-extensive with the set of those who will persevere and gain eternal life. Born-again Christians can and (sadly) do fall away. Otherwise free will and (mortal) sin are merely fictitious for a Christian during this life of testing and pilgrimage. Otherwise all the language in Scripture of persevering to the end in order to be saved (cf. Matt 10:22; 24:13; Phil 2:12-13) makes no sense.

CALVINISM AND CATHOLICISM CONTRASTED

Calvin : God's sovereignty determines the will.
Catholic : God's sovereignty includes free will.

Calvin : Predestination as predetermination.
Catholic : Predestination as infallible foreknowledge.

Calvin : God desires only the salvation of the elect.
Catholic : God desires the salvation of all.

Calvin : God provides grace only to the elect.
Catholic : God provides grace to all, though not all accept it.

Calvin : Christ died only for the elect.
Catholic : Christ died for all men.

Calvin : God predetermines some for hell.
Catholic : Men merit hell by their own wickedness.

Calvin : The elect include all those born-again.
Catholic : The elect are those who persevere to the end.

Calvin : Grace co-opts human free will.
Catholic : Grace perfects the free will that cooperates.

Calvin : Those in grace (born-again) can't fall away.
Catholic : Those in grace can freely sin and lose grace.

Calvin : The elect will unfailingly persevere.
Catholic : The elect are those who have persevered.

Calvin : The elect are assured of their salvation.
Catholic : Yes, but only God knows who they are.

Calvin : Predestination eliminates merit and guilt.
Catholic : Predestination includes merit and guilt.

The Pelagian heretics held that man alone (apart from God's grace) is responsible for his salvation. Calvinists start with the opposite premise that God alone is responsible for man's salvation.

CALVINISM IS UNREASONABLE

Calvin located the reason of predestination solely in the absolute will of God. But by making God alone responsible for everything, Calvin abolished the free cooperation of the will in obtaining eternal happiness. Therefore he was logically forced to admit an irresistible efficacious grace, to deny the freedom of the will when influenced by grace, and to completely reject supernatural merits (as a secondary reason for eternal happiness).

Not only is God completely responsible for the salvation of the elect, but He must also be responsible for the damnation of the reprobate, even to the point of directly willing their sins. Since God wills everything good for the elect, as well as everything bad for the reprobate, Calvin maintained that Christ died only for the elect (this is challenged by Geisler's recent book Chosen But Free, see link below):

"As Scripture, then, clearly shows, we say that God once established by his eternal and unchangeable plan those whom he long before determined once for all to receive into salvation, and those whom, on the other hand, he would devote to destruction.
"We assert that, with respect to the elect, this plan was founded upon his freely given mercy, without regard to human worth; but by his just and irreprehensible but incomprehensible judgment he has barred the door of life to those whom he has given over to damnation." (John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion Book III:21:7)

Salvation and damnation depend wholly on the will of God -- man is completely predetermined to one or the other by irresistible grace or the lack thereof, without any cooperation or resistance of his will. Since grace is irresistible, the will of the predestined is not free to cooperate with grace to perform meritorious good works, and so salvation is purely arbitrary. Even more disturbing, since concupiscence is likewise irresistible without God's grace, the will of the reprobate is not really free to sin and perform culpably evil works, and so damnation is not caused by demerits.

For Calvin, whom God selects, He saves; whom God rejects, He damns.

CALVINISM IS UNBIBLICAL

But consider what this means and whether this is biblical :

1. No truly free will (denied by experience, and by the Gospel commands to repent, reform, obey the commandments, perform works of charity, and persevere to the end).

2. Thus no merit or demerit (denied by the whole Bible which testifies to the rewards and punishments God will apportion to all men according to their deeds, e.g. Matt 16:27; Rom 2:5-10; 2 Cor 5:10; Rev 22:11-12; etc).

3. God desires salvation only for the elect. (Denied by 1 Tim 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9; Matt 23:37; Ezek 18:23-32; 33:11; etc).

4. Christ died only for the elect. (Denied by John 3:16-17; 4:42; 1 John 2:2; 4:9-14; Rom 5:6,18; 2 Cor 5:14-15; 1 Tim 2:6; 4:10; etc).

5. God provides grace only to the elect. (Denied by Titus 2:11; John 1:9,16; Rom 2:4; etc).

6. God directly predetermines the salvation of the elect, including their good works. (This ignores any cooperation of the will with grace).

7. God directly predetermines the damnation of the reprobate, including their sins. (This is denied by James 1:13-14; Sirach 15:11-20; 1 Cor 10:13; and ignores any true resistance and rejection by the will).

8. The elect will be saved with no merit of their own. (This denies heavenly reward).

9. The reprobate will be damned for no fault of their own. (This denies true guilt and deserved punishment).

Between these two extremes the Catholic dogma of predestination keeps the golden mean, because it regards eternal happiness primarily as the work of God and His grace, but secondarily as the fruit and reward of the meritorious actions of the predestined.

CATHOLIC TEACHING ON PREDESTINATION AND SALVATION

The process of predestination and salvation consists of the following five steps :

A. The first grace of vocation, especially faith as the beginning, foundation, and root of justification (Council of Trent, session VI, chapter 8)

B. A number of additional, actual graces for the successful accomplishment of justification and sanctification (1 Cor 6:11)

C. Justification itself as the beginning of the state of grace and love

D. Final perseverance or at least the grace of a happy death

E. The admission to eternal bliss and glorification (Rom 8:28-30)

The Calvinist position is consistent with itself, but is not consistent with human experience or the Scriptures. It cannot be reconciled with the cooperation and resistance of free will, sin and virtue, the possible loss of grace, punishment and reward, and the universality of redemption and grace. Calvin's God is arbitrary and despotic.

The Catholic position is consistent with itself, with human experience, and with the Scriptures. God's foreknowledge and foreordination of the elect to heavenly glory includes His universal desire and sufficient grace to save all men, our free cooperation with His grace, good works which truly merit heavenly reward, and the real possibility -- during this life of testing and pilgrimage -- of rejecting grace and salvation and thus deserving the punishments of hell.

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From an article by Jim Burnham (edited by P), see also an excellent article showing the possible compatibility of the "Five Points" of Calvinism with St. Thomas Aquinas on predestination and Akin's new book The Salvation Controversy available from Catholic Answers

A Tiptoe Through TULIP by James Akin

Three interesting books by Catholics (Robert Sungenis) and Protestants (Norman Geisler vs. James White) on salvation, predestination, free will, and the biblical, historical, and philosophical issues are

Not By Faith Alone: The Biblical Evidence for the Catholic Doctrine of Justification

Chosen But Free by Norman Geisler by a "moderate Calvinist" responding to "extreme Calvinists" (5-point Calvinists) such as R.C. Sproul

The Potter's Freedom by James White a Reformed critique of Geisler's book