Ancient Calvinism and modern Evolutionism are essentially the same things. They are both ingenious logical blasphemies against the dignity and liberty of the human soul.
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Yes, I wonder too. Sounds like a very recent fabrication.
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He also says this, " A horrible thing has happened to Dickens; he has almost become an Evolutionist. Worse still, in studying the Calvinism of Mrs. Clennam's house, he has almost become a Calvinist." Really? A protestant believer in Christ worse that an atheist materialist?
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Undermines Chesterton in my estimation. Nasty factional ism. Cheap shot. Poor choice of a quote as it amounts to a mere assertion devoid of any logic.
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Can you say that you have read the entire chapter or book for context? If he presented logic for the excerpt you have a quarrel with, would it change your mind? I have no allegiance to Chesterton, Dickens, Darwin, or Calvin. I'm only asking questions.
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The passage presents no prelude to the assertions contained in the quote. That's a good defenition of a cheap shot.
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Not being a Chesterton scholar (nor even a casual reader of a single volume of his works) I cannot say, but my expectation is that he explores the comparative pitfalls (as he sees them) of the two philosophies alluded to in this passage elsewhere in his writings.
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Fairly sure he was outspoken about his dislike for Calvinism.
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