re: Pope (emeritus) Benedict has died

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I see this a lot. It’s lazy.

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It's not lazy, it's the truth.

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They disagreed about finer points of doctrine that are not essential for salvation

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This is lazy.

Luther taught free-will and that grace is resistible. Calvin believed that free will was gone permanently because God is completely sovereign, and thus His grace is irresistible.

They kind of agreed on predestination, but Calvin believed that Christ died only for the elect ("limited atonement"), while Luther believed that Christ died for all humanity. Calvin also believed that God predestined people to Hell, which is entirely unbiblical.

Those are pretty big differences.

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There are only two commandments.

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There are 10. Jesus gave 2 as being the most important, but they basically summarize the first 3 and last 6

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You abandoned him long ago.

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On the contrary, I've never been closer to Him. I wonder what Paul would think about these man-made religions floating about the world today.