If Calvinism is true, salvation is a condition, not a relationship. A relationship requires free consent.
Arminians don’t have a relationship with their parents.
Arminians didn’t consent to be conceived. Arminians didn’t consent to be born.
Arminian babies don’t have a relationship with their
parents. Babies are in no position to give informed consent. Same thing with
Arminian two-year-olds. Or adopted children.
Arminian siblings don’t have a relationship with their brothers and sisters. They didn’t give consent to be their siblings.
Arminian grandmothers and grandfathers don’t have a relationship with their grandchildren. They didn't consent to become grandparents.
Arminian children with autism or Down syndrome don’t have a
relationship with their parents. They lack the cognitive development to give
informed consent.
Arminian parents who suffer from senile dementia don’t have
a relationship with their grown children. They are too enfeebled to give
consent.
Arminian husbands or wives who suffer from senile dementia
don’t have a relationship with their spouse. They are too enfeebled to give
consent.
Comatose Arminian patients have no relationship with their
friends and relatives. In that condition, they can’t give consent.
Arminian patients with mental illness or brain cancer have
no relationship with their friends and relatives. They can’t give consent.
Arminian patients who are delirious from fever or
intoxication have no relationship with their friends and relatives.
Arminian theology is Nietzschean. A theology to and for the strong.
Do the persons of the Trinity even have a relationship under Olson's addlepated rationale?
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