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Because I’d never really thought about the concept of predestination before, I wanted to know more about it—but apparently that’s just not humanly possible:

[. . .] let them remember that when they inquire into predestination, they penetrate the inmost recesses of Divine wisdom, where the careless and confident intruder will obtain no satisfaction to his curiosity, but will enter a labyrinth from which he will find no way to depart. For it is unreasonable that man should scrutinize with impunity those things which the Lord has determined to be hidden in himself; and investigate, even from eternity, that sublimity of wisdom which God would have us to adore and not comprehend, to promote our admiration of His glory.

That non-explanation was actually quite helpful to me. I finally understand why so many religious people go all gooey when the ever-petulant George W tells everyone to shut the fuck up. I know, I know—I’m slow on the uptake sometimes, but I get it now: It’s the authoritarianism, stupid!

Tags: religion, calvinism, wtf?