Calvinist doctrine of predestination collapses under its own logical contradictions. If God irresistibly forces certain people to be saved, then their salvation is not a result of their own faithfulness or obedience—it’s merely the result of divine coercion. Yet, in heaven, God supposedly commends them with “Well done, good and faithful servant.†But how can someone be a “faithful servant†if they had no real choice in the matter? Forced obedience is not true service; its simply programming.
On the other side, the doctrine makes even less sense when it comes to the reprobate thar are supposedly predestined for damnation. If they were created with no ability to repent, how can they be justly condemned? A God who judges people for something they were never given the power to change would not be just but arbitrary. This view of predestination turns divine justice into a meaningless concept and portrays God as condemning people for fulfilling the very nature He imposed on them. It removes both moral responsibility and the genuine love that a just God would desire from His creation.
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