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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
Remember, I respect your choice--as one created in the moral image of the creator, you have worth, and are due respect. The choice is yours.
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It is impossible for me to reconcile the above sentence with your claim to represent an orthodox reformation perspective. That sentence is a product of American notions of freedom and choice absent from the reformation. Especially for Calvin, no human has the ability to freely choose God. We are all born in sin and must be chosen by God not vice versa. Your view is the heresy of Pelagianism with a respectability only concurred by the fact that all of modern democracy is a product of the Pelagian heresy.