An honest man wrote to let me know how Protestantism works. I have added a link to the stream in question, and redacted his name and a few lines to make identifying him impossible, since his family is still deep into Protestantism, with several of his relatives being “pastors”.
I’m emailing you to thank you for your work, in my struggle to wake.
In exchange, I’d like to add to David The Good’s answer to your question on your old stream, regarding about what Protestants think was going on for the first 1500 years of the Church. I’m speaking from personal experience, [redacted] I dare not attach my name publicly for fear of insulting otherwise fine and rational people:
First, you need to understand that as per the infinite love of God and the infinite wisdom of John Calvin (PBUH), not only is predestination real, but everyone is predestinated for salvation. Don’t think about the metaphysical implications of this too deeply.
Second, the germ of the real Church laid dormant for 1500 years, so that for the next 400 years we could rediscover all of the wisdom that was suppressed, and then in the 75 years that followed we could discard all of that wisdom and return to paganism. Again, don’t think about the implications of this.
Third, do not challenge base assumptions, no matter how tempting it is. Even if you went from something as innocent as evangelizing to slaves in one century, to jumping to the front of the line to bless sodomy in the next. Respectability is paramount, don’t be labelled a crazy. We’re all being saved anyway, so I’m sure God will understand.
It is quite revealing how deep the cognitive dissonance goes, and how blatant and obvious it is when spelt out in very simple and honest terms.
God bless this man, and I hope he finds his way to the real Church soon if he has not done so already. Ultimately the truth will set you free indeed. You just have to want to actually know the truth first.
