Calvinism

The proposition of Calvinism states that God predestines all things. It also has some other propositions and they are as follows:

1.) Damnation is justified (right)= Damnation is willed by God.
2.) What God wills is right. (substantive & synthetic)
3.) What God wills is willed by God. (trivial & analytic)
4.) Proposition 3 is identical to proposition 2.
5.) Proposition 2 is both analytic & not analytic (i.e. synthetic). *contradiction, i.e. an untrue statement..) 
6.) Damnation is right =/= Damnation is willed by God.

Something which is analytic cannot be synthetic, because an analytic statement is necessarily true all the time and in all possible "worlds," whereas a synthetic statement merely tells us about something that is dependent. So for instance: All bachelors are unmarried males, is an analytical statement. Whereas, to say Scott is a bachelor, is synthetic, because bachelorhood isn't necessary to Scott's existence; it isn't necessarily true. Otherwise, if Scott got married, he would die! He would cease to exist and become a non-person, yeah? So, the Calvinist proposition cannot be true, because it says that," What God wills is right." is both analytic and synthetic, which is contradictory and therefore the conclusion of the premises is false. It can be analytic or it can be synthetic, but it cannot be both.


The Calvinist heresy states that some people are predestined to salvation and others are predestined to damnation. In fact, it is popular for them to compare the people who are "damned," which basically means the people they have written off, as pots made to be shattered. They basically compare them to clay pigeons. And they try to justify it by twisting a few Pauline quotes. There's no point in a scripture battle over the matter where Calvinists will take everything out of context and accuse their opponents of the same. So, quite simply, here we have the proof that their proposition is necessarily false. 

The logical proposition which one would get from the Catholic Church is as follows:

A.) Whoever becomes saved must have been damned (not saved).


And of course this follows necessarily from natural theology:


A.) Whatever becomes hot was cold (or not hot).
B.) Whatever becomes dry was wet (or not dry).
C.) Whatever is in motion was in a state of rest. 


Etcetera...


But some of you might be wondering how the first argument might work for anything else, for instance with a Catholic teaching. First, let's outline the form of the argument more clearly:


1.) 'x' is right= df (identical to) 'x' is willed by God.
2.) What God wills is right. (substantive & synthetic)
3.) What God wills is willed by God. (trivial & analytic)
4.) Proposition 3= df Proposition 2.
5.) Proposition 2 is both analytic & not analytic (i.e. synthetic)  * contradiction

    (Because 'x' cannot be both 'f' and not 'f.') 
6.) 'x' is right =/= df 'x is willed by God.'


Having said that much. Here is how it would work for a Catholic teaching: 


1.) Trent is right = Trent is willed by God.
2.) What God wills is right. (substantive & synthetic)
3.) What God wills is willed by God. (trivial & analytic)
4.) Proposition 3 is identical to proposition 2.
5.) Proposition 2 is both analytic & not analytic (i.e. synthetic). *contradiction, i.e. an untrue statement.
6.) Trent is right =/= Trent is willed by God. 

Even though the Holy Spirit was what made Trent valid and true, God does not will imperfection. Trent in all its parts is perfect, but is incomplete in relation to human existence. Incompleteness is imperfection. You must remember that all councils are for the religious government of the faithful who are under original and particular sin. We are working out our salvation. Nothing pertaining to us is perfect and God only wills that which is perfect. Therefore, Trent is not perfect form, only in substance. So, more councils after it are naturally needed.



"Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim." ~Aristotle~