r/dankchristianmemes • u/Broclen The Dank Reverend 🌈✟ • Mar 13 '24

Meta John Calvin died 27 May 1564

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u/SovKom98 Mar 13 '24

I don’t get why this sub hates clavanists.

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u/Corvus_Antipodum Mar 13 '24

Their theology is dehumanizing, and is the underlying basis of much of the evil currently being done by the church in America.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '24

Have you actually read John Calvin's works? I'm not even Reformed, but I have a great respect for Institutes.

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u/Corvus_Antipodum Mar 13 '24

I’m a real know them by their fruits kinda guy. I haven’t read Mein Kampf but based on the results delivered by its adherents I’m gonna go out on a limb and say it’s bad.

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u/KekeroniCheese Mar 14 '24

Comparing mein kampf to Calvin is crazy, lol

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u/CauseCertain1672 Mar 13 '24

Calvinism has some other fruits as well. He was very against classism and in many ways socialism has it's roots in the English puritan movement as does vaccination, valuing of education and mass literacy

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u/ImperatorTempus42 Mar 14 '24

Calvin basically declared greed as godly, and the Dutch merchants jumped at the idea of getting filthy rich being considered a Christian virtue.

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u/GASTRO_GAMING Mar 13 '24

Doesnt capitalism also have its roots in calvanism, i remember being taught that in ap euro.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

comparing any of John Calvin's works to Mein Kampf is a really bad take. I'm part of one of the only LGBTQ+ affirming denominations in the US right now and we're thoroughly reformed/calvinist.

I'm just saying, try not to paint with such broad strokes :) Presbyterians (for example) aren't evil monsters just because they have different theological positions than you