Atheism Quote by Thomas Jefferson

His [Calvin's] religion was demonism. If ever man worshiped a false God, he did. The being described in his five points is ... a…

— Thomas Jefferson

But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He's one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!

— Bill Watterson

Hobbes: Do you think there's a God? Calvin: Well, somebody's out to get me!

— Bill Watterson

“How, as John Calvin put it, “without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.” “For”

— Ian Morgan Cron

[John Calvin's] treatment of the person and work of Christ, of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, of prayer and liturgy,…

— Oliver D. Crisp

“Calvinist believers were psychologically isolated. Their distance from God could only be precariously bridged, and their inner tensions only partially relieved, by unstinting, purposeful…

— Max Weber

“In short, Calvin has been given too much blame by critics and too much credit by fans. His real genius is to be found…

— Michael S. Horton

“Though Calvin (1559/1960) frequently warned of the noetic effects of sin regarding spiritual matters (see the Institutes 2.1.8; 2.2.18-25), he also extolled the abilities…

— Eric L. Johnson

Calvinism did not spring from Calvin. We believe that it sprang from the great Founder of all truth.

— Charles Spurgeon

“Apart from Christ, there can only be a “fleeting knowledge of God” that quickly turns to the vinegar of idolatry and superstition, however much…

— Michael S. Horton

Calvinism is an all-embracing system of principles... It is rooted in a form of religion which was peculiarly its own, and form that specific…

— Abraham Kuyper

Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the most detestable government that ever existed, except the one…

— Robert Green Ingersoll