The Fallacies of Calvinist Apologetics – Fallacy #5: Choices Apart From Intent?

Related Fallacies:
Strawman
Begging the Question
“While libertarians uphold the philosophy that “choice without sufficient cause” is what makes one responsible, the compatibilist, on the other hand, looks to Scripture which testifies that it is because our choices have motives and desires that moral responsibility is actually established. Responsibility requires that our acts, of necessity, be intentional….” (Eleven [...]

The Fallacies of Calvinist Apologetics – Fallacy #4: “Free Will is the Power to Do Anything!!”

Related Fallacies:
Oversimplification
Strawman
False Dilemma
One of the most telling signs of the fallacious nature of Calvinist apologetics in general is its heavy reliance upon caricatures and misrepresentation of the beliefs of other Christians. There are few things more frustrating than trying to explain a concept to someone who simply takes one aspect of what is being said, [...]

The Fallacies of Calvinist Apologetics – Fallacy #3: We Choose by ‘Chance?’

Related Fallacies:
Begging the Question
Special Pleading [given that God has power of contrary choice]
False Dichotomy
If all men are neutral in prevenient grace was it by chance that one believed and not another? – [A Prayer That a Synergist Won't Pray (An Open Challenge to All Synergists) - yet another winner by John Hendryx]
This is another particularly [...]

The Fallacies of Calvinist Apologetics – Fallacy #2: Arminianism entails salvation by “inherent ability”

Related Fallacies:
Strawman
“Bait and Switch”
“Why are you a Christian and your friends aren’t? … Is it because you are smarter than your friend?” (The Pelagian Captivity of the Church, R.C. Sproul)
…I believe it can be demonstrated with finality that prevenient grace merely begs the question and that under such influences the final decision to believe the [...]

The Fallacies of Calvinist Apologetics – Fallacy #1: “If we have libertarian free will, what makes us choose one way or the other?”

Related Fallacies: Begging the question
Calvinists often pose questions along the lines of, “If 2 people are given the same grace, why does one receives it and another reject it?” This question was popularized on the internet by John Hendryx at monergism.com, who in one rendition of this particular fallacy states: “If prevenient grace places us [...]

The Puritan Board and the “Plague”

I have been getting a few hits from a Reformed discussion board that linked here.  I thought it was only fair to give them a little attention as they have seen fit to give my blog some attention. I also wanted to address some of the discussion from here since I am not permitted to [...]

Bashing Calvinism

For those of you who checked out the Arminian article under the post “God is not obligated to love anyone,” I have a question. Now, I know there are people from both sides who just love to prove their pet doctrines right and paint the other side as wrong and God-hating, but what’s the deal? [...]

Amen to That!

Check out these comments posted by Travelah at Introspectives of an Arminian Christian. I couldn’t agree more!
After several years of challenging Calvinists on various internet forums, I have come to a conclusion that I think is irrefutable. Calvinism suffers from a plethora of neophytes who having garnered a year or two of Calvinist “experience” present [...]