Four Point Calvinism

[Side note Sorry for the grammar, capitalization and spelling mistakes] I would like to begin by acknowledging that Calvinism is a plausible or logical way to view god. Calvinism parallels the bible well in some ways , the christian god is described as powerful Genesis 1:1 says "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth". I myself cannot create a detailed picture of the earth using even tools like a pen and paper let alone an entire universe so this god is immensely more powerful than I am and honestly more powerful than anything else I understand in the universe. Calvinism describes a god who is also powerful one who has set out the entire timeline and mapped it to his will. Every action of every "THING" living or otherwise set in a place where it belongs is indeed a most powerful god. Indeed Calvinism paints a picture of a highly intelligent and powerful god that resounds in glory and majesty. I say again would agree with that! On every level. It might occur to a person in this moment that this debate is done and over with I assure you however this is not the case we humans paint many pictures on what we believe god is like each extracted from various influences around us and apply to our understanding or concept of god and a picture is formed of how we perceive god. Thus far describing god as only majestic and powerful Calvinism, arminianism, Islam, open theism, or perhaps even a person's passionate worship of the "flying spaghetti monster" are all pictures of a god that you might worship who is majestic and powerful . The real question is which of these theologies best matches the entire character of the god of both the old testament and the son of god Jesus the Christ our Savior. Sure they agree, Matching a simple characteristic to god is easy, Islam believes in a god of majesty and power but its theology does not align with that of the biblical account of god but we must be careful not to ignore other core qualities .Calvinism and the god of the bible hold many of the same truths and values but not are in line with god. We must asses the simple assumptions of Calvinism and the inner workings of it coming together. Let's begin with a place where Calvinism and god diverge. Total Depravity: It can be agreed that before the fall that man was good, in early Genesis god created man in his image and says that it is good. Let's be clear there was no sin in humans, as far as we can tell in scripture in perfect god and man were in perfect coexistence with god. Later Adam and Eve enjoyed a non Kosher fruit salad at the cost of the displeasure of god and man experiences this thing we Christians call the fall. Sin enters the world and life for man is forever changed as man becomes sinful. Total depravity is the belief that we are so mindlessly depraved we could never choose god we are hopelessly lost to sin and its wickedness and evil. I have a question for you, does god love wickedness or evil? Of course not! There are many verses that tell us god is against evil Psalm 34:16 "The face of the Lord is against evildoers, to cut off the memory of them from the earth". If I asked you if god loves people I would assume you would say yes. Perhaps the most redundant and restated position in the bible is that god loves you. sinners and saints everywhere will tell you about that everyone has heard that Jesus loves them. If there is no good in us why would god love us? Its not a question of he being able to tolerate us he Abhors the wicked Psalm 11:15 "The LORD trieth [tests] the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth." If we are purely evil what is there for god to love in us? In this place we have a choice either god loves things that are wicked or we are something else he can love. One might say well he sees not who we are but who we will be but there are Three problems with that 1: god loves us yet while we are sinners Ephesians 2:4-5 - But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ" by grace you have been saved " and also Romans 5:8 - but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 2: God would not actually love us if the only good came from him, he would simply be loving himself, if all that we are is wickedness save what god gives us what is there is for him to love but himself? 3 It conflicts with some of the core tenants of Calvinism anyway. Though there are other things like if man is inherently sinful was Jesus not a man or was he sinful? How can we be completely depraved and still maintain the image of god?] If we were good what happened to that goodness? is god's light so easily snuffed out? Unconditional election: "Before you were born or had done anything good or bad, God chose whether to save you or not- Piper" Unconditional Election is not unlike an an extension of total depravity, If we are purely sinful there is really no reason we could deserve grace and we can never earn it on our own so god must choose who to give it to. No man is without being sinful so god chooses for his reason who will live in eternal life and who will be sent to eternal suffering and damnation. I have a question for you reader, is it fair to punish a person for something they have no control over? If the moon right now in this instance exploded because a meteor flew into it would it fair to hold you accountable despite you having no bearing on its collision? Would it be fair to send you to prison despite you not being capable of changing the circumstance or causality? If we are entirely sinful and you can not choose god or goodness why are you being held accountable for god's decision? You are going to hell, not him, for a decision he's made and you have no bearing on it. Now it might be thought fair to say Hey! That man is sinful, sin demands justice, you are still sinful. This is true, But let's return to the meteor example, let's say it is argued that it is your fault the meteorite destroyed the moon because it was pulled in by the earth's mass and you being a part of that mass also brought down that meteor upon the moon. Would that accusation be just? Can you help or change the fact that you are made of matter? Can you change yourself to as a man before the fall? If you cannot resist sin in any capacity how can you be held accountable for doing it? Is that how we raise our children? Does a good parent blame a child for needing to eat? [not the quantity but simply the need to do so?] sure it's a burden to feed a child but one can hardly expect them to not eat and live. If you can not feed a child should you be a person in the care of children? Why did Jesus WASTE time teaching people if it can not help them get saved? Why does god give us the law at all? Jesus has invested an enormous amount of energy into people who did not accept his word and did not take. Crowds upon crowds were spoken into and some accepted the word of god and others denied it. If the people did not choose to say yes or no to salvation did god say it for them? If our decisions are so easily made by god for us again why do we bear the consequences for it? If we are simply puppets of a god that chooses our vindication or destruction why would it be unfair to blame him for the sufferings for decisions he made for us? If he made the decision why should he not bear the consequences? Is that a good god? Is that justice? really ask yourself is that Justice? The bible says god is good and just but I see Calvinism describe a god that is anything but so the god of the bible and the god of Calvinism cannot be the same. Would a god that truly loves us allow this to happen to that which he calls his own? If that is the way things are would not a god of love save everyone? Why would he risk a single soul? Why not send an angel down like he did for Paul? Because he hasn't we must assume his plan is that so many people go to hell and if that's the case is this a god of love or suffering? How can we trust a god that just as easily saved you sends your neighbor to hell with no chance for them at all? Calvinists will tell you that they believe in a loving god and I am not telling you they are lying but rather that they are mistaken. It is easy to read the positive and loving statements of the bible and the wise words of our benevolent father and transfer those feelings into Calvinism, but let's be clear. Calvinism and conflicts with the god of the bible who instead of making a perfect servant [which considering things like genes and experiences would be easy] he toils for his subjects. God debated with Abraham and Moses and in some cases changed his original course, Is that a god of total predestination as Calvinism implies? No man has a perfect understanding of god and we all seek to do good with our imperfect theology. Many great men of god were Calvinist and as I said before Calvinism is not illogical its just not the god of the Bible who loves every person and soul.