Can a Calvinist explain to me how predestination makes any sense

>>2740883

It's not necessarily against scripture, the bible explicitly supports predestination in places.

>He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will.

Ephesians 1:4-5

>>2740883

Most Calvinist I know believe in some form of free will (usually by making tons of mental gymnastics), the most consistent Calvinists are what is called Hyper-calvinists, which usually are compatibilists though it may be consistent with the ideology but is biblically unsound when looked at holistically. Calvinists also will squirm at biblical events that contradict their worldview usually in the OT. Though God has foreknowledge of things to come and it's plainly obvious he doesn't combine them with predestination as likely what most Calvinists assume.

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>>2740883
Molinism or 'Middle Knowledge' manages to efficiently reconcile the two seemingly contradictory stances.
I completely understand why Calvinism isn't too popular in the modern Christian world when we've had a rebuttal to determinism since the 16th Century

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>>2741383
>the most consistent Calvinists are what is called Hyper-calvinists

>>2741383
How can God create the universe with perfect foreknowledge of the future without having predetermined how everything will play out?

>>2740883
Calvinism just doesn't sit well with me cause of the Total Depravity meme. Apparently humans are worthless animals that literally can't do anything without God, even accept/believe in God on their own. And unconditional salvation is just a meme to allow Calvinists to feel superior to other Christians since obviously they wouldn't be Calvinists at all if they weren't part of God's super special "elect" .

>>2742086
Calvinists believe that all Christians are part of God's elect including Arminians.

Also Calvinists do not feel superior for being part of God's elect since they played no part in their own salvation. It's the Arminians who believe that they did something special which allowed them to be saved.