The difference is that I can prove it, and Raphael cannot.

Prayer is asking, and if you are not asking for something then I would be interested to know what it is you do during that time of "prayer."

As for "praying," you are wasting your time if you believe you prayer cannot be answered.

Ha! You must've found that verse in your Calvinist Bible.

What feeling of fatalism must overcome your soul to know that you are preaching trying to convince but knowing that there is nothing you can do to change the destiny of the hearers.

Well, yes I will comtinue to preach that God loves every sinner and that He desires every single one of them to be saved.

At least I am honest enough to tell them the truth, instead of (like the Calvinist) hiding what I trully believe until I can sneak it in through the back door.

Take it easy, Mike, I was just making sure that this is the direction you wanted to go lest I get the itchy-twitchy dance again.

"We cannot say that human personsa re treated as "pawns" on a chessboard. It is true indeed that God has already determined the destiny of every man."

"(Mark 10:27) And Jesus looking upon them saith,WITH MEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, but not with God: for with God all things are possible."

Hmmm...ironic.

So more rabbit trails.

Those that have been here long enough, know that I already have dealt with those same issues you presented as extensive as I dealt with John 3:16 with you. And ironically they were trying to get out of it just like you are trying to get out of John 3:16 to go to them!

This again shows to demonstrate the superiority of my position.

The Calvinist has to rely on previous foundational doctrines which are supported by other foundational doctrine (in other words, one big circle) to be able to defend their position.

Mike I already gave you the reason 20 times why I refuse to allow you to escape the devastating truth of John 3:16. I know that you are between a rock and a hard place after researching various dictionaries (I told you that I already did the research for you), but I would that you show more bone than your predecesors by not running away to another verse every time your faced with the devastating truth.

1 Noah Webster's 1828 dictionary listed a total 22 (TWENTY TWO) definitions for world.
2 The Unabridged Webster's listed a total of 25 (TWENTY FIVE)

This has been my point all along, that there are multiple meanings to "world""

Thuhhh....

I think I consented to that fact about 20 times already. The meaning is determined by the context.

Just because there is more than one meaning to the word does not give the Calvinist the right to fabricate a definition.

The devastating truth is that although there may be multiple meanings of the word "world" there is not ONE INSTANCE in any dictionary where the Calvinistic definition is used. In contrast the majority of the dictionaries define "world" as "all of humankind" in the top 5 uses.

1. The Bible is not a dictionary. You know that.

2. The Bible is written in English not in some mystical language with words that have mystical meaning. If this was so then we would not be able to read the Bible let alone understand it because the meaning of any word would always be in question.