Less than wrong.
All religions have extremists and fundamentalists.
Christianity is no different in this regard.
My own people were slaughtered and driven out of their homes by puritans and Calvinists.
All religions have extremists and fundamentalists.
Christianity is no different in this regard.
My own people were slaughtered and driven out of their homes by puritans and Calvinists.
February 10, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Less than wrong.
All religions have extremists and fundamentalists.
Christianity is no different in this regard.
My own people were slaughtered and driven out of their homes by puritans and Calvinists.
All religions have extremists and fundamentalists.
Christianity is no different in this regard.
My own people were slaughtered and driven out of their homes by puritans and Calvinists.
It's the Protestant ethic that makes them so idle, lazy bloody Calvinists sitting around on their arses.
February 10, 2026 at 12:10 PM
It's the Protestant ethic that makes them so idle, lazy bloody Calvinists sitting around on their arses.
when I finish the book, I intend to make a little “highlights” compilation of what I take to be the “thin places” in the Institutes, those places where Calvin really speaks on knowledge both of man and of God that are worth all Christians (not just Calvinists!) for meditation —
February 10, 2026 at 12:47 AM
when I finish the book, I intend to make a little “highlights” compilation of what I take to be the “thin places” in the Institutes, those places where Calvin really speaks on knowledge both of man and of God that are worth all Christians (not just Calvinists!) for meditation —
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February 9, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Though Calvinists not having offspring (no sex) would be deeply odd. Calvinists not framing everything in moral terms would be odd.
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Though Calvinists not having offspring (no sex) would be deeply odd. Calvinists not framing everything in moral terms would be odd.
There was an article *somewhere* (no luck finding it again) maybe a year into COVID... fascinating piece about how it often wasn't economics behind the people losing their sh*t about "lockdowns" & work restrictions... the U.S. is a work cult - the Calvinists HAD to work to not make Sky Daddy mad.
February 9, 2026 at 8:17 PM
There was an article *somewhere* (no luck finding it again) maybe a year into COVID... fascinating piece about how it often wasn't economics behind the people losing their sh*t about "lockdowns" & work restrictions... the U.S. is a work cult - the Calvinists HAD to work to not make Sky Daddy mad.
A new reason to be glad I was raised in a sect of Calvinists. Was hard to get over (shout out to the lifesaving book, Leaving the Fold) but set me up to be immune to this kind of bullshit.
Joy is fleeting and sometimes hard to come by and good for you.
Joy is fleeting and sometimes hard to come by and good for you.
February 9, 2026 at 7:58 PM
A new reason to be glad I was raised in a sect of Calvinists. Was hard to get over (shout out to the lifesaving book, Leaving the Fold) but set me up to be immune to this kind of bullshit.
Joy is fleeting and sometimes hard to come by and good for you.
Joy is fleeting and sometimes hard to come by and good for you.
They are Extreme Calvinists. No drinking, no dancing, no singing but church songs, no education, no future.
February 9, 2026 at 4:50 AM
They are Extreme Calvinists. No drinking, no dancing, no singing but church songs, no education, no future.
you telling me a neurotypical made this book??? no way, no way: this book was written by CONCENTRIC COUNCILS of AUTISTIC CALVINISTS
February 8, 2026 at 8:24 PM
you telling me a neurotypical made this book??? no way, no way: this book was written by CONCENTRIC COUNCILS of AUTISTIC CALVINISTS
raised in an ecumenical household, the idea that religious movements are analogous to national identities feels alien to me.
"the calvinists controlled geneva? okay?? that was weird, i'm glad things got back to normal eventually."
"the calvinists controlled geneva? okay?? that was weird, i'm glad things got back to normal eventually."
February 8, 2026 at 6:19 PM
raised in an ecumenical household, the idea that religious movements are analogous to national identities feels alien to me.
"the calvinists controlled geneva? okay?? that was weird, i'm glad things got back to normal eventually."
"the calvinists controlled geneva? okay?? that was weird, i'm glad things got back to normal eventually."
Buncha Calvinists out here in Assassinburg
February 8, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Buncha Calvinists out here in Assassinburg
Signing legislation passed quickly is Calvin ball?
Wasn't an executive order.
Wasn't a reinterpretation of established policy.
Sounds to me like it was parliamentary process.
I'd call it hardball. The Calvinists are the ICE thugs.
Wasn't an executive order.
Wasn't a reinterpretation of established policy.
Sounds to me like it was parliamentary process.
I'd call it hardball. The Calvinists are the ICE thugs.
February 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Signing legislation passed quickly is Calvin ball?
Wasn't an executive order.
Wasn't a reinterpretation of established policy.
Sounds to me like it was parliamentary process.
I'd call it hardball. The Calvinists are the ICE thugs.
Wasn't an executive order.
Wasn't a reinterpretation of established policy.
Sounds to me like it was parliamentary process.
I'd call it hardball. The Calvinists are the ICE thugs.
This is how Protestants (Lutherans and Calvinists) find joy!
February 7, 2026 at 2:49 PM
This is how Protestants (Lutherans and Calvinists) find joy!
Are you retarded? You definitely assumed that I support religion because I said that the Calvinists are hilariously correct about one thing.
I oppose all religions. I also oppose idiots like you.
Stop believing in free will, retard.
I oppose all religions. I also oppose idiots like you.
Stop believing in free will, retard.
February 7, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Are you retarded? You definitely assumed that I support religion because I said that the Calvinists are hilariously correct about one thing.
I oppose all religions. I also oppose idiots like you.
Stop believing in free will, retard.
I oppose all religions. I also oppose idiots like you.
Stop believing in free will, retard.
And yet the Calvinists managed to rid themselves of free will, while atheists all around you still buy the delusion of their ontological retardation.
February 7, 2026 at 12:56 AM
And yet the Calvinists managed to rid themselves of free will, while atheists all around you still buy the delusion of their ontological retardation.
Well, the Protestants sure like it, and probably Calvinists, but to be fair they just like it whenever anybody dies
February 7, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Well, the Protestants sure like it, and probably Calvinists, but to be fair they just like it whenever anybody dies
Don't worry, Alexandria. When the neuroscientists come forward and prove that free will is impossible and that capitalism is inherently invalid as a result, all organized religions and their advocates (excepting the hilariously correct Calvinists) will break down in shame.
February 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Don't worry, Alexandria. When the neuroscientists come forward and prove that free will is impossible and that capitalism is inherently invalid as a result, all organized religions and their advocates (excepting the hilariously correct Calvinists) will break down in shame.
You absolutely nailed it. There were a lot of angry Calvinists at the Christian hardcore shows I went to. That's actually one of the funniest things that someone said about The OC Supertones once
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
You absolutely nailed it. There were a lot of angry Calvinists at the Christian hardcore shows I went to. That's actually one of the funniest things that someone said about The OC Supertones once
What I messed up was that I should have included Anabaptists in the Quaker group, and universalists belong under “syncretic Christians” not lumped in with Quakers
I do experience Pentecostal/Charismatics as close to evangelicals, and non-klan baptists as being like traditional Calvinists
I do experience Pentecostal/Charismatics as close to evangelicals, and non-klan baptists as being like traditional Calvinists
February 6, 2026 at 8:04 AM
What I messed up was that I should have included Anabaptists in the Quaker group, and universalists belong under “syncretic Christians” not lumped in with Quakers
I do experience Pentecostal/Charismatics as close to evangelicals, and non-klan baptists as being like traditional Calvinists
I do experience Pentecostal/Charismatics as close to evangelicals, and non-klan baptists as being like traditional Calvinists
For real. The calvinists came here and substituted god for land ownership. If wealth is virtue and the only fixed commodity is land then you can be god if you own enough of it
February 6, 2026 at 7:35 AM
For real. The calvinists came here and substituted god for land ownership. If wealth is virtue and the only fixed commodity is land then you can be god if you own enough of it
Even so, US Anglicans -> Episcopalians have over the years been fairly constantly shedding their practical and cultural likenesses to Calvinists and became more like the mainstream Lutherans (and the Lutherans became like Anglicans).
February 5, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Even so, US Anglicans -> Episcopalians have over the years been fairly constantly shedding their practical and cultural likenesses to Calvinists and became more like the mainstream Lutherans (and the Lutherans became like Anglicans).
My understanding is that the biggest divide is between Catholics, Orthodox, and (I think) Lutherans, who understand that the Real Presence is there regardless of belief, whereas Anglicans and Calvinists believe the real presence exists only when a believer consumes the communion.
February 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
My understanding is that the biggest divide is between Catholics, Orthodox, and (I think) Lutherans, who understand that the Real Presence is there regardless of belief, whereas Anglicans and Calvinists believe the real presence exists only when a believer consumes the communion.
Primary idea: Christ is really present in the Eucharist
Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Calvinists all *agree.*
They significantly diverge over how Christ is really present. But rejecting "transubstantiation" (the Catholic term for "how") doesn't clarify the disagreement.
Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Calvinists all *agree.*
They significantly diverge over how Christ is really present. But rejecting "transubstantiation" (the Catholic term for "how") doesn't clarify the disagreement.
February 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Primary idea: Christ is really present in the Eucharist
Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Calvinists all *agree.*
They significantly diverge over how Christ is really present. But rejecting "transubstantiation" (the Catholic term for "how") doesn't clarify the disagreement.
Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Calvinists all *agree.*
They significantly diverge over how Christ is really present. But rejecting "transubstantiation" (the Catholic term for "how") doesn't clarify the disagreement.
lol. Yeah… Calvinists sure of their own election to the point developing a radically dualist view of the world: good is them; evil is everyone else. (Ultimately betraying Calvin I think.)
February 5, 2026 at 2:01 PM
lol. Yeah… Calvinists sure of their own election to the point developing a radically dualist view of the world: good is them; evil is everyone else. (Ultimately betraying Calvin I think.)
Well that's a really big noun.
, I grew up around Calvinists. The reformed, my entire life. Escaped through the barbed wire to the other side. And most of my dear friends, family and neighborhood folks are survivors. They no longer believe in the God of hatred.
, I grew up around Calvinists. The reformed, my entire life. Escaped through the barbed wire to the other side. And most of my dear friends, family and neighborhood folks are survivors. They no longer believe in the God of hatred.
February 5, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Well that's a really big noun.
, I grew up around Calvinists. The reformed, my entire life. Escaped through the barbed wire to the other side. And most of my dear friends, family and neighborhood folks are survivors. They no longer believe in the God of hatred.
, I grew up around Calvinists. The reformed, my entire life. Escaped through the barbed wire to the other side. And most of my dear friends, family and neighborhood folks are survivors. They no longer believe in the God of hatred.