A little storm has blown up in the obscure corner of YouTube where Calvinists and non-Calvinists debate each other on a regular basis.
One of my favorite non-Calvinists, Warren McGrew (AKA "Idolkiller"), ignited the storm by making a comparison between Calvinists and Old Testament Molech worshippers which caused great offense among the Calvinists.
His comment was turned into a "short" and it garnered a lot of attention.
The central topic was the question of what happens to infants when they die.
Consistent Calvinists have to say that just like adults, some infants are elect and some infants are reprobates. The elect get heaven and the reprobate get hell.
It's one of many Calvinist doctrines which sounds a little better in the abstract than in the concrete.
The fascinating part of the whole controversy is that as the Calvinists have taken offense at McGrew's comparison, they are left having to defend the indefensible: the belief that God sends some infants to hell simply because they are not of "the chosen".
This is a dark upshot of Calvinist systematic theology that most Calvinists would prefer to leave unaddressed.
McGrew's most recent recap of the controversy can be found HERE.
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