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Now if you've read this blog (particularly the tag "Religion") then you know that not only do I not believe in Calvinism, but I also hold to the idea that Calvinism is heresy and one that would teach it is, by definition, a false prophet. Seems I am not the only one. Written disproving of Calvinism: This author agrees . He lays out how each of the 5-points of Calvinism are false. He does a good job of quoting scripture that refutes the ill-conceived notions in Calvinism. This author also agrees , but goes a bit further. I think that a person can be saved and still believe (falsely) that the doctrines of Calvinism are true. Understand that the belief in Calvinistic ideas have little to do with salvation, and nothing to do with the actual mechanics of salvation. The author points that out nicely. This author takes a slightly different approach . Instead of point-by-point rebuttal of the falsehoods taught by Calvinism, the author instead points out the heresies in...

So we all know by now how much Silie likes to pig out on the junk food. As an experiment, Mrs. Usagi decides to purchase store-brands of several cookies and potato chips. We did this because we had seen a trend. Every Sunday, when Silie and my brother would come over to do their laundry (again, their rental place had no machines), all the cookies and chips we had would disappear. My family of four would need a week or more to eat that much, but somehow, they were all disappearing in a single afternoon. My brother would have some - but he is 6'4" and weighs about 165. He obviously wasn't the one with the binge junk food eating. Usually, he would take a small handful of the goodies and be done with it. So Mrs. Usagi got a couple of packages each. Yep - they ALL were eaten. While my brother napped on the couch. People, I must strongly urge you not to eat like that. Nothing wrong with a cookie now or then, but eating entire boxes of them in a single sitting is just...

One can barely study Calvinism without finding references to Arminianism . These two doctrines are a bit of yin and yang, if you'll pardon the expression. Jacob Arminius founded Arminianism in contrast to the teachings of John Calvin. The two had a rift... perhaps it had to do with the fact that Calvin was a murderer , I don't know for sure... nevertheless, the two developed a strong difference of opinion, and Arminianism was born. These days, hard-nosed Calvinists will claim that any "Christian" who does not agree with the 5-points ("TULIP"), is by default an Arminian. This is simply not true for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that Calvinistic philosophy is so far off base, that the concepts are not an "either-or" proposition, but simply entirely false because they fabricate doctrine where none existed before. Arminius developed a counter argument to TULIP, which he called the " Five Articles of Remonstrance. " This ...

Seems that every economic indicator is down. Not just one or two, and not just the more vague measurements. Check out this article . Pretty sobering. And Mittens ain't the cure, either, people. .

Me: "What time is it? Pops: "Right now." Said as a statement, not a question .

Some people ask me what kind of rifle I train with. Whenever possible, I use my AR15 . However, due to cost of centerfire ammo, and ease and comfort of shooting a "lowly" .22LR, I often use a trainer rifle. For mine, I chose the Marlin 60. Sometimes referred to as the Marlin M60, or the M60 (not to be confused with the military M60 ). For my Marlin, I did part of a trigger job as explained here , and brought the trigger pull down to around 5 pounds or so. I attached Tech Sights to the Marlin, and sighted them in at 25 yards. It so happens that the point of impact is about 2" high at 50 yards, and about 7" low at 100 yards. These are common ranges to shoot at, so it helps to " know your dope " on these distances. Since neither 2" nor 7" is a huge amount at those ranges, holdover is my preferred method. With a peep sight, one simply looks through the rear peep (hole) and whatever sits atop the front sight is what the shot will hit. The ...