I was raised in a Calvinist denomination, although I was also sent to an Evangelical private school for K-12, so I had exposure to both.
I was talking IRL to an evangelical earlier who was pretty firmly anti Calvinism - told me that it was heretical because it went against penal substitutionary atonement and that I should read NT Wright.
Heh. Well, to be clear, I am not either any more. I am a non-believer now. I think that the contradictions between the two was part of what got me questioning in the first place. Between the two, I think that Calvinism is closer to what I believe, though. Or, maybe Neo-Calvinism would be more accurate.
I found the “cultural mandate” doctrine to be very attractive, because it meant that our world had much more meaning than it is assigned by evangelical views. With that view in mind, I took seriously the needs of this world and paid real attention to what makes the world better - and I found that taking that position put me in opposition to most Christians on most issues.
Up until just moments ago, I thought the word “triclavianism” was actually “tricalvinism”. Never heard it said out loud…
I think so. Fun fact: “Calvinism” used to refer to a position on sacraments, instead of the position on Predestination that it refers to now.
