Come with us into a world of Evo-Believers whose faith far outweighs their facts, and a team of PhD’s who have dedicated themselves to Darwinism when in fact they can’t even clearly tell you what it is. Welcome to Evolution 101(Or, how to make every living thing, from Wolves to Cabbages, using just the tools and bacteria you’ll find around the house).
A Critical Review and some snarky comments by Rent A Friend 2000
Original material including text and images comes from from http://evolution.berkeley.edu/ The site I am reviewing is called Evolution 101, and will be presented by me with no editing (though plenty of editorials) and in those few places where parts were cut out for brevity, I make note of it being done. The original site is a collaborative project between Berkley, the University of California Museum of Paleontology and the National Center for Science Education. That it took this many PhD’s to make this web site will become either unbelievable or incredibly sad later on. Their words will appear in normal font. My words in BOLD, with BOLDNESS nearly approaching ZESTY BUFFALO RANCH BOLD! Nearly.
What is Calvinism, and is it really taught in the Bible? Or is it a terrible, illogical heresy that blasphemes the character and nature of God but manages to stay popular because of teachings being intentionally vague and really good (though misleading) marketing slogans?
Spoilers: It’s that last one.
I tried to get Calvinists to explain it to me so that it didn’t sound Baffling stupid, and I was unsuccessful. Turns out I was asking the impossible. So now you get to read about it. I walk through the doctrines of Calvinism and explain what they are, and why they are very much NOT in the Bible, and why it matters.
So Wayne Grudem and his Son Elliot wrote a book about Christian Beliefs, but they crammed their Calvinism into it, which ruined everything.
This has literally nothing to do with Grudem and son, as I don’t know anything about them personally, and I’m sure they have the best of intentions. However, they fail to see the terrible ways in which their Calvinism ruins the basics every Christian should know. So I go through it step by step and explain it all.
I quote them extensively so you can see what THEY had to say, and then I contrast that with what the Bible has to say, and sometimes even with what THEY have to say, because it’s literally impossible to be a consistent Calvinist.
Feel free to download this and send it to the Calvinist on your Christmas list, or maybe use it for that Saturday morning Bible study you go to. It will result in some lively discussion, I can promise you that.
I’ve written a new book for you! Merry Christmas. You can download it over on the FREE BOOKS tab.
It’s called
The Bible Vs Grudem and Son!
A Response to the Calvinism hidden in Christian Beliefs: Twenty Basics Every Christian Should Know by Wayne Grudem, and Elliot Grudem
By Rent-A-Friend 2000
The content should come as no surprise.
This book was assigned for a middle school Bible class, and I became aware of it because of one of the students in the class. I read through it and decided it needed a response. So, here is my response. In short, Calvinism makes everything worse.
To be clear, the authors never explicitly say they are talking about Calvinism, they don’t mention “Calvinism” and they don’t refer to “TULIP”. But as you will see, they are sneaking it in, and it ruins everything it touches, as I will explain in detail.
But once again you get to see Calvinism from the Calvinist so you can see I am not attacking a StrawMan. It matters because of what it does to the doctrines it touches. Enjoy.
It’s been just over two years since I wrote a post on this channel, and probably longer since I put anything on YouTube. And outside of my immediate family, I don’t think I’ve sold a single book.
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Merry Christmas everybody, and remember, Jesus Loves you.
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The first novel to be published by A Bit of Orange books, and a real novel too. Not the kind of quippy sarcasm and cartoon illustrations you get from a lot of our other books. This one is like if CS Lewis wrote the Twilight series. No teen angst, no sparkles, but a lot more world view philosophy and all of the vampires. It’s rated 12+ on Amazon, because, while the language is mostly family friendly, there is some dark thematic elements, some death, and far more blood than the average family friendly entertainment. Because, you know, vampires. And while we’re not going to tell anyone else this, because we’re friends I’m going to let you know, that this story is secretly an allegory for the Gospel. Like Chronicles of Narnia but without the talking animals. Learn more and read or download below:
She paused to look at Tragedy and me, again probably hoping we would tell the story for her, but again she would be disappointed.
“Tell us!” demanded Chocolat in his heavy French accent. “Why would she wan’ to die? She was immortal, like us. One of us. Why would one of us wish for death?”
“She had seen the hunter!” Geo blurted out. “Like Finch! They had seen the eyes of the hunter, the Hound of Heaven! Their sins burning them worse than the sun, and they wished for death to end the torment!”
“That is enough!” Rage bellowed. Geo shrank back as far as tragedy would let her. For the moment, she was silent, but in the moment that followed the whispers in the room erupted into shouting of anger, mockery, and fear.
“There are no hunters!” shouted Trash. “She’s a liar!”
“She’s a fool,” shouted another. “She expects us to believe legends.”
“Enough,” said Rage. Even without shouting it, he commanded the room and they obeyed.
“Three of our kind are dead,” I said to Rage. “Somehow this story starts with the first.”
Vampires have only one, all consuming desire: blood. Everything humans want- money, power, love, drugs- Vampires use these things to get the one thing they want. The only thing they need.
Lane is a member of a community of vampires in a city where they live as ghosts, kings, and the gods of hell. He is immortal, in a murder of crows who feast on death. He has lived more lifetimes than he can remember. His world is made of the immortal gods of hell and the humans they feast on. The only death they know is the kind they give to harvest blood. He and a goth girl who calls herself Tragedy sit above the world and mock it from above, untouchable.
Until the night Lane sees one of his own kind die, and suddenly there are whispers of something real from what they thought was myth.
And another one of his kind is dead, and another…
Is Lane being used by the head of the city to establish dominance in some political game, or have the hunters suddenly become the hunted? Is war coming, or something worse? And can he unravel the mystery before it’s too late, and he loses everything? As his world unravels and immortality slips from his fingers, he discovers that he might always have been a murder of one.
“Promise me something,” I said. “What?” “If he does come here… don’t try and protect me. If he comes here, run.” “Lane…” “Promise me. Please Tragedy.” I looked into her dark eyes and whispered. “I don’t want to watch you die either.”
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