1.The Errors of Calvinism - Hyper-literal interpretation of Scripture

I was discussing Calvinism with one of it's young followers and one of the striking mistakes I could see with the evidences he was giving was hyper-literal interpretation of some of the Bible passages.

1. God's hatred of Esau

In Romans 9 , Paul quotes the old testament and says , "Jacob I have loved, Esau I have hated".

Here the Calvinist gives it a hyper-literal meaning to the passage saying that God indeed hated Esau and so did not elect him to be saved. What a distortion of the truth!

For clarification on this please read the other blog on Jacob and Esau : http://crosstheologie.blogspot.in/2012/09/romans-9-clarification-2.html

2. Hyper-literal reading of Acts 13:48

Here the Calvinist makes the mistake of translating the word ordain to mean foreordain from all eternity.
Click this link to read how they are not the same words and how it should actually be understood.
http://crosstheologie.blogspot.in/2012/09/is-acts-1348-about-election-for.html

3. Calvinists read spiritual death hyper-literally
In his lecture , "Why I am not a five point calvinist", Dr.Norman Geisler, explains how Calvinists interpret "spiritual death" hyperliterally.
http://samzlogic.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/calvinistic-confusion-2-mistaking-separation-for-annihilation-with-regards-to-spiritual-death/

Without these errors Calvinism would not be what it is today. That is why it is an erroneous doctrine.