Calvinism, or Reformed Theology, also known as the doctrines of TULIP, portrays God as a monster who takes delight in the pain, suffering, torture, misery, and death of human beings He made in His image.

Calvinism stands in direct contradiction to what the Bible says about God, His character, and His views on morality, justice, and love.

The Sovereignty of an Insecure God

In the simplest terms, Calvinism claims that in order for God to remain sovereign over all things at all times, God was required to predestine / foreordain every single event and every single thought that has ever taken place and that ever will take place. Anything that happens only happens because God has predestined it to occur.

A God Responsible for All Evil in the World

This means that the actions of Adolf Hitler, Osama Bin Laden, Adam & Eve, and Satan the Devil, were all planned and predestined to occur by God before He ever created the universe.
This God made Satan turn evil and this God made Adam and Eve eat the fruit, all for some kind of weird plan so God could show off His sovereignty, manipulation, power, and control.

To me, this is a God who is very insecure about His own power and His own authority.

Billions Born Doomed to Hell

Not only this, but God, according to the doctrines of Calvinism, predestined that billions of human beings would never believe the Gospel of salvation, and would be doomed to eternal torment in a fiery Hell. There is simply nothing these doomed people can do to escape this. They were born damned and doomed because God planned it. This includes many children too.

A God who Takes Pleasure in Torturing People

Furthermore, Calvinism says that God takes pleasure in the deaths and eternal torment of the wicked, and that every evil thought a person has, has been predestined by God. Nothing takes place outside of God’s plan, since otherwise, this would mean God is no longer sovereign.

A Double-Minded God

Finally, Calvinism portrays God as having two competing desires, two wills which are diametrically opposed to each other– one will to save everyone and one will to doom billions to torture in Hell for eternity. 

Calvinists say that God’s public will is to tell everyone He wants to save them, but His hidden will is to damn sinners to Hell.

Somehow, one of His wills is stronger than the other will, so His hidden will wins out, and He chooses to damn sinners to Hell instead of saving everyone.

No One Can Resist God’s Will

Along these same lines, Reformed Theology (Calvinism) also states that no human being has the power to resist God’s Holy Spirit when He chooses to save someone.

God Only Wants to Save the Few Elect

This results in the TULIP belief system that says God has only chosen to save a select few people over the ages, and that Jesus only died to save these few, and that secretly, God and Jesus were planning to doom everyone else to Hell.

The Bible vs. Calvinism

James, the brother of Jesus, tells us never to say that God is responsible for evil, and also James points out that our Heavenly Father only gives out good gifts. Please read James 1:13-17.

The godly prophet Ezekiel emphatically tells us that God gets absolutely no pleasure from the death of wicked people, and God strongly desires that they repent and choose life instead. Please read Ezekiel 33:11.

Doctor Luke, Paul’s companion, writing the Book of Acts, says that the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Jewish religious leaders were always resisting the Holy Spirit. Please read Acts 7:51.

The Apostle Paul himself said the Jews were rejecting the kindness of God that God wanted to use to save them. Please read Romans 2:4-5.

James says that you’re weak and unstable if you waver between two different thoughts or opinions– he calls it double-minded and shows it to be a sin. I don’t think we should say that God wavers between two opposing wills. Please read James 1:6-7.

The Bible repeatedly says that God wants to save all people and that Jesus died for all people. You can’t get much more clear than that. Please read 1 Timothy 2:1-5, 2 Peter 3:9, Hebrews 2:9, 1 John 2:2.