What soap box?<br>Am I not interacting?<br>Total Depravity is wrong by the simple fact that <br><br>This is the opening claim of Total Depravity<br>Because of the fall, man is unable of himself to savingly believe the gospel<br><br>This opens the door to all the other errors of calvanism. The reason why this opening claim is no more complicated than this........man had free will before the fall and man had free will after fall, no matter how depraved. The problem is that man never chose God's life tipified by the tree of life. So how does man choose that life if he is locked out of the garden? simple. <br><br>God's redemptive design to bring in Christ's death on the cross, and resurrection. When that resurrection came men could then receive His life for the first time since the fall. Any time before that men never had the Holy Spirit within. <br><br>So this free will now and before and always is available to all universally, not limited at all. Limited in practice but in toto. Limited because obviously some won't accept but that never supersedes the purity of universality<br><br>So you see I don't limit the atonement. Just because in practice not all will be saved that doesnt mean salvation is not offered to all<br><br>That is why universal atonement is 100% true whereas as limited atonement is half truth and half mistake.<br><br>It's a purer and thus more peaceful thought to think in terms of universal general atonement for that is God's giving, to us all.<br><br>Otherwise it is puffed. That is that.<br>I don't know about the million and one different denominations. Nor do I have the energy to research them. I just know God's truth on this matter and if that shuts down tonnes of denominations for their calvanistic beliefs, reforming it or not, that is probably a good thing. Better to cut the eye to sin with it again.
