From Arminian to universalist

It’s pretty easy for a young, unmarried or not-yet-parent Young, Restless, Reformed person to embrace double predestination, but when he has a child and gazes on it as his own beloved son or daughter he beings [sic] to change (or should if his love is real and deep). Could this beloved child be predestined by God our Father to eternal torture in hell? Sure, some very iron clad Calvinists will not let that sway them, but many will. Then, unless the Calvinist converts to Arminianism, the next step, insofar as he or she holds firmly to “decretal theology” is to universalism.  

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It’s pretty easy for a young, unmarried or not-yet-parent Arminian to embrace eternal damnation, but when he has a child and gazes on it as his own beloved son or daughter he begins to change (or should if his love is real and deep). Could this beloved child be created by God our Father to suffer eternal torture in hell? Sure, some very iron clad Arminians will not let that sway them, but many will. Then, unless the Arminian converts to annihilationism, the next step,  is to universalism.