Dumb and Dumber Traditional Christianity

dumbanddumberFor much of my Christian walk, I was in one of two branches of Christianity; one is called Calvinism the other is called Arminianism. Every traditional Christian is in one of these branches of Christianity even though they may not be theologically trained enough to know which branch they are in. After all, if you’re in dumb or dumber, who would you really know which dumb you are in unless you spent some time figuring it out — or unless your pastor just plain told you which form of dumb he’s preaching?

The foundation of Calvinism (also known as Augustinianism, Presbyterianism, Reformed, etc) is a Son of God who came to the earth to save a small group of Christians who were chosen from before the foundation of the world to enjoy heaven with the Creator and His Son. Their joy, so say many of Calvinism’s greatest teachers, is made more full by seeing billions of damned souls tormented day and night forever in a place called Hell. Most reasonable people who have a heart that pumps warm blood find this form of Christianity cold and calloused. And it is not surprising those who hold this view usually manifest what they have been taught — coldness, callousness, elitism, racism. While holding firmly to the word justice in their writings, they make a mockery of it in their lives.

The foundation of Arminianism is not near as cold as Calvinism, but it’s much dumber. According to this tradition (which makes the word of God of no effect), God really does want to save all mankind, but it’s obvious that He will fails miserably. First of all a third of His angelic realm rebelled against this all powerful, all knowing, all just, all-seeing, all merciful God whose nature is Love. Somehow the leader of this rebel band of angels seduced Adam and Eve bringing the whole of humanity under their power. Thousands of years later, God decides to send His Son to be killed so that whosoever believes on Him, repents, gets baptised and promises to attend a good bible-believing church has a chance of making it into heaven. Everybody else goes to the same eternal dump Calvinists say is the eternal entertainment center of heaven. Seems like the Heaven of traditional Christianity is pretty much the same crap they feed themselves with today. Can you see a small heaven filled with comfy lounge chairs and all the snacks one would want to eat while they are watching billions upon billions in eternal flames below doing the most vile, foul and disgusting things again and again just like what you are watching in the entertainment world of today?

I am often blown away at how much violence and evil is in America’s movies, videos, television, music and games. The next time you are in a store that sells DVD’s, look at the covers. Meditate on them for a few minutes. You will quickly see why America is going down the tubes. It seems American Christians and Jews can’t get enough of it. There doesn’t seem to be an end to the depravity poured out of these industries. I look at the themes Americans have been in love in:  Beverly Hill Billies and Duck Dynasty. Can it really get much dumber?  And the graphic violence in the entertainment world is beyond sickening; it’s really beyond human.

The Jesus of Arminianism, would really like to end this horrible show of depravity here on earth, but he can’t. Satan, self, sin, fallen angels and merchandisers of filth are just too much for Him. He can’t save people from themselves because that would be rape. Mankind is born with a free will, they say, and God can never violate man’s free will. He has to let them stay in a state of depravity until they use God’s greatest gift –free will. They must use this gift to repent before they die or else it will be too late. God’s children must save themselves by being wise enough to make the right choice, and keep on making the right choices until they die, otherwise they won’t have a seat in heavenly places watching all the pornography and violence below, they will be part of the action in Satan’s Hollywood and porn industry.

If you are in traditional Christianity, you are in one of these camps. Which one are you? Dumb or dumber? Wake up! There are other options with much better endings. Visit https://tentmaker.org/ScholarsCorner.html

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