tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post5563421405462402912..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Happy CalvinismGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-63030564365819042692011-09-09T01:58:25.944-04:002011-09-09T01:58:25.944-04:00You write a book on "The Happy Calvinist"...You write a book on "The Happy Calvinist" and I will line up to purchase one.<br /><br />Calvinists have had too much bad PR and way too many straw men attacks.Eddie Eddingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15864410680077755048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-52320986482918981322011-09-07T12:55:11.171-04:002011-09-07T12:55:11.171-04:00ceemac: True. I am a Calvinist who yearns toward ...ceemac: True. I am a Calvinist who yearns toward Thomism.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14864860607925412103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-9571975893628492762011-09-07T12:06:55.220-04:002011-09-07T12:06:55.220-04:00Dropping back in to read and comment after a break...Dropping back in to read and comment after a break.<br /><br />"The Happy Calvinist". I like it.<br /><br />Calvinists are an optimistic sort. Because we trust that God is at work in the world. And we are called to to be at work in that world too.<br /><br />But I think there is a difference between a happy Calvinist and a happy Chestertonian Catholic.<br /><br />Calvinist happiness is tied to the desgruntledness that is a part of our DNA. We are reformers. We are most happy when we are finding broken stuff and figuring out ways to fix what is broken in church and society.ceemacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-54781906308201121872011-09-02T18:27:11.155-04:002011-09-02T18:27:11.155-04:00Nah, that's an ancient canard.Nah, that's an ancient canard.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14864860607925412103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-62288067823486168652011-09-02T17:42:58.343-04:002011-09-02T17:42:58.343-04:00Calvinism strips man of free will and portrays God...Calvinism strips man of free will and portrays God as a tyrant.Fritznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-90054381020227977372011-09-02T10:54:32.852-04:002011-09-02T10:54:32.852-04:00Calvinism is an upbuilding tradition. That require...Calvinism is an upbuilding tradition. That requires a positive view of the future, even if most have a critical view of the present.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14864860607925412103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-80454126721975808362011-09-02T10:34:01.084-04:002011-09-02T10:34:01.084-04:00It's sort of like jumbo shrimp, don't you ...It's sort of like jumbo shrimp, don't you think.Fritznoreply@blogger.com