Calvinism is heretical

I will not go on with Limited Atonement and Irrristable Grace as that is as light as I can make those points. I will now continue with Total Depravity and Unconditional Election. TOTAL DEPRAVITY Wikipedia is not a reliable source to use to defend Calvinism on Total Depravity for a formal debate. I would like to remind my opponent that ugustine is not a good person to use either, since his beliefs(Eucharist, black robes, infant baptism, etc. ) ultimately led to the Roman Catholic Church, and Calvinism is supposed to be Protestant. My opponent quotes Arminius as if this matters. Arminius and Calvin were very similar to each other. I understand that. But I'm not an Arminian or a Calvinist. Both were wrong on many things, I'm a Bible Believer. This debate is not on Arminius, though, its on Calvinism and John Calvin. My opponent needs to be defending John Calvin, forget Arminius. Again, my opponent constantly references wikipedia which is not a reliable source. My opponent believes that for man to choose to accept Christ on his own free will is a works salvation, which is why he brings up semi-pelagianism. It is not. If I ask someone for a glass of water, and they give it to me, how much work did I do? I, by my own free will, chose to accept the glass of water. Why would the Gospel be any different? My verses(Eph 1:13, John 1:12, John 3:16) do indeed show that man can choose to accept the Gospel. They say that YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE TO GET ETERNAL LIFE,(that's free will, Con) THEY DID NOT SAY THAT YOU WAIT FOR GOD TO REGENERATE YOU! My opponent skirts my argument about Adam in the garden. How many debates do you plan to have? I don't care if Arminians and Calvinists agree on Total Depravity, I care about what the Scriptures say! Concerning 2 Peter 3:9, it is nonsensical to say God is not willing that any should perish if the people He was referring to(Elect), He already MADE IT SO THAT THEY WOULD NEVER PERISH! Now if the Calvinist is right on Unconditional Election, then God is the author of sin. God has decreed, according to his sovereign pleasure, that the non-elect are going to burn in Hell, and anything they do on earth God has willed it to happen. God FORCED Adam to eat from the tree, because He willed for it to happen. John Calvin writes: "We also note that we should consider the creation of the world so that we may realize that everything is subject to God and ruled by his will and that when the world has done what it may, nothing happens other than what God decrees. " (Acts: Calvin, The Crossway Classic Commentaries, p.66, emphasis mine) Calvin writes: "First, the eternal predestination of God, by which before the fall of Adam He decreed what should take place concerning the whole human race and every individual, was fixed and determined. " (Concerning the Eternal Predestination of God, p.121, emphasis mine) Calvin explains: "God had no doubt decreed before the foundation of the world what He would do with every one of us and had assigned to everyone by His secret counsel his part in life. " (Calvin's New Testament Commentaries: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians, p.20, emphasis mine) Calvin writes: "…the reason why God elects some and rejects others is to be found in His purpose alone. … before men are born their lot is assigned to each of them by the secret will of God. … the salvation or the destruction of men depends on His free election. " (Calvin's New Testament Commentaries: Romans and Thessalonians, p.203, emphasis mine) Calvin writes: "But it is quite frivolous refuge to say that God otiosely permits them, when Scripture shows Him not only willing but the AUTHOR of them. " (Concerning the Eternal Predestination of God, p.176, emphasis mine) Is Calvinism Not Heretical? These are the words of John Calvin himself. God is the author of sin according to him. Further, why did God create the non-elect? Well, CALVINIST R. C. Sproul said they were created to, "Fuel the fires of Hell"(R. C. Sproul, Chosen by God Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. , 1987, pp. 142-145). Isn't God just loving? He created some people just to burn in Hell and they have no way out of it. Calvinism is heretical! Romans 9:15 says man cannot force God to have mercy on him apart from the conditions God has given, which is receiving Christ as Saviour. Matt 22:14- "few are chosen" because few are willing to take the wedding garment in the context(verses 12-13). Mark 4:10-12-Simply, the OT explains this, God blinded them so that they couldn't see and understand because their hearts were set to be wicked. And God took advantage of that in order to have the crucifixion happen so that THE WHOLE WORLD could be saved, even the gentiles. If they had beleived then they wouldn't have crucified Him, and guess where that would leave you and me and the billions of other souls that have come to faith in Christ since that time. It is my belief however that they were forgiven for this, because Jesus said "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do. " If Jesus said it, then it must be that they were forgiven. After all, Jesus is God in the flesh, right? Eph 1:3-5-election is conditioned upon being in Christ. The Calvinist would have you believe you were in Christ "before the foundation of the world. " NONSENSE! If you were, you fell out of Christ into Adam, and then fell out of Adam and back into Christ! NO MAN is in Christ UNTIL he TRUSTS CHRIST(Eph 1:13). Why is my opponent against using Ad Homonim on Servetus? In round 1, which you set up the rules, you said "-Insults and the such ARE permitted. " Are you contradicting your own rules now? Further, I"m glad Servetus believed infant baptism to be heretical. I reject it also. Now Servetus may have been wrong about the Trinity, but does he deserve to die over it? Servetus was also condemed by Catholics for saying the Mass was a Satanic monstrosity and an invention of demons. Why didn't Calvin believe that? Servetus said the Pope was "O vilest of all beasts, most brazen of harlots"(Banton, Hunted Heretic, p.20). Could it be Servetus was more Protestant than Calvin? Further, Con to say, "He was burnt at the stake to prevent his heresy from spreading" brings your morality into question. Do you believe that its okay to murder people who disagree with you? Are you going to hunt me down now and murder me? Further, "Calvin requesting that he be beheaded" doesn't mean anything. Its still murder! Further, it doesn't matter if murder was common during the time, surely Calvin would know better if he was as Biblical as you claim. The Christian martyrs of the 1st through 3rd centuries willingly died by being eaten by lions. Murder was rampant during the Roman Empire. The Anabaptists, against whom Calvin wrote Against the Anabaptists in 1544 did not believe in persecuting their opponents. Now, I admit, I made a mistake. My opponent is not a Baptist, he is a Presbyterian. However, if you reject infant baptism, I'm not sure why you are a Presbyterian. As to Calvin burning people for 'witchcraft" that can be found The Other Side of Calvinism by Laurence Vance. As to beheading a little girl, that can be found in History of the New Testament Church, Vol. 1, by Peter Ruckman.