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Originally Posted by Tom Bombadil  who are "these people" and where have they said "his math, logic, and truth" are not ours and if they have said something resembling this, did they mean what Clark says they meant, and if so, can you cite your exegesis of them? |
Hey TB! Nice to see you around.
Haven't you run across this yourself? I would think you'd agree that this is a common argument given by anti-intellectuals and mystics. They like to say God is ineffable, mysterious, so far beyond us that no one can know anything about him. And this is often in response to anyone trying to show, by good reasoning, why the basics of Calvinism are correct. They want to argue that God loves everyone the same and predestination only means God knows in advance who will accept his love and forgiveness. Basically, it's the argument used by many Arminians. When you show them by clear exegesis and
reason, that God has clearly chosen those whom he will save from the beginning, they will complain that you are using "mere human reason" and that God's mind is so far above ours, that what he thinks appears to be nonsense to us.