Calvinism

Their are many holes in my opponent's argument. Con said, "A non-elect person begging God on his knees not to send him to Hell is a doctrinal impossibility." Yet, Romans 10:13 says, " For WHOSOEVER shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." You see, if you apply this to ONLY the ELECT, then the elect are begging or asking God to ave them, "Call upon the name of the Lord." But according to Con, not even the elect can repent, because "God has to regenerate you." Calvinist Bob Ross agrees with this. If this is true, then how can ANYONE "call upon the name of the Lord." Notice you have to "call upon God" BEFORE you get saved, NOT God regenerates you, and then you call upon the name of the Lord. So, if my opponent is right, NOT EVEN THE ELECT CAN ASK God to save them, its a "doctrinal impossibility." No, my friend, Total Depravity, or Total Inability is nonsense. Now, Con admits the how illogical Calvinism is when he says, "Let's say that Adam did have free will. Let's assume that Adam chose to eat the apple." Do you see what Con has admitted too? He admits that he believes Adam had no free will to eat the apple. Thus, God is now the author of sin, because, "Adam was forced to eat the apple" according to Con. And then, God punishes Adam for forcing him to eat what he wasn't supposed to eat! UNBELIEVABLE! Now, Con believes that even if Adam CHOSE to eat the apple, God still let it happen, so God "elected" for sin to occur according to Con. There is a problem with that though. If God gave Adam the choice,(Which He Did), then it was God's test to see what man would do. Obviously God did not want Adam to sin, since God cannot sin(Numbers 23:19). It's similar to when a parent tells a child to not put his hand in the cookie jar. They buy the jar and tell the kid not to eat from it, and they know he will. It's a test. Could they prevent it? Sure, just don't buy cookie jars. Do they want their kid to mess up? No. Do they know the outcome though? Yes. God did not want sin to occur Con. Now, Con tries to use John 6:44 as if this is going to seal the debate. But, Con forgets John 12:32. You have to compare 6:44 with 12:32 to get the full meaning. John 6:44 tells you that the Father draws men to him. But when you compare that with John 12:32 you find that God draws ALL MEN TO HIM. Thus all unsaved sinners are the elect. John 12:32 says, "And I, if I be lifted up, will draw ALL MEN UNTO ME." There is the rebuttal. If God has to draw the elect to him, then ALL MEN, NOT SOME, ARE THE ELECT according to John 12:32. Concerning Ephesians 1:13, I believe my opponent misunderstood my claim. You must believe first, according to the verse, THEN (I used after, must have confused Con) you are sealed by the Holy Spirit. Thus, God CANNOT regenerate you FIRST(getting the Holy Spirit), YOU MUST BELIEVE FIRST. If men are to wicked to BELIEVE FIRST(Total Depravity) then God would have to regenerate you, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT EPHESIANS 1:13 SAYS. Concerning 1 Peter 1:2, IT DESTROYS UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION because ELECTION is based on God's foreknowledge of a person appropriating Christ's blood atonement for sin and sanctification of the Spirit. IT IS NOT based on God's sovereign pleasure. My opponent ignores my argument with Limited Atonement. I supplied 1 Timothy 2:4, 6 and 2 Peter 2:1 and he failed to comment on them. Perhaps I misunderstood his Jew and Gentile argument, let me clarify, I also believe Jews and Gentiles can be saved. Concerning John Calvin, my opponent skirts the issue with Servetus and tries to compare Calvin to Paul. Yes, Paul killed people as did Calvin. Do you know what the difference is? Listen up now Con. Paul killed people BEFORE HE WAS SAVED. John Calvin killed people AFTER HE WAS SAVED, at least Calvinists would consider him "saved" by the time he burned Servetus! Further, it doesn't matter if Calvin had little to do with the 5 points at all. You guys still call yourself "Calvinists" and still try to defend Calvin. If you think Augustine had more to do with the 5 points(which most say Augustine did) then why not call yourselfs "Augustinians." Again, my opponent admits that God created some people to "fuel the fires of Hell." He says it's "blasphemous that God does not elect." May I say again, that God SAID He will draw "ALL MEN UNTO ME." Yes, the Jews are God's chosen people, but God came to "seek and to save that which was lost." He came for Jew and Gentile.