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They believe in the TULIP.
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What the crap?
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It' s an acronym.
It comes from the Canons of Dort.
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Every letter stands
for different beliefs like...
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Are you sure you want to hear this?
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Yeah, please go on. I' m a Venusian myself.
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Well, "T" stands for Total Depravity.
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All men, through original sin,
are totally evil and incapable of good.
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"All my works are as filthy rags
in the sight of the Lord".
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That' s what the Venusians call
negative moral attitudes.
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Well, be that as it may.
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"U" stands for Unconditional Election.
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God has chosen a certain number of people
to be saved, the elect.
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And he' s chosen them
from the beginning of time.
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"L" is for Limited Atonement.
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Only a limited number of people
will be atoned, and go to heaven.
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"I" is for Irresistible Grace.
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God' s grace cannot be resisted or denied.
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And "P" is for the
Perseverance of the Saints.
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Once you' re in grace, you cannot fall
from the numbers of the elect.
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And that' s it, the TULIP.
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Before you can become saved...
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- God already knows who you are?
- Yes, he' d have to.
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That' s predestination.
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I mean, if God is omniscient...
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if he knows everything,
and he wouldn' t be God if he didn' t...
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then he must have known,
even before the creation of the world,...
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the names of those who would be saved.
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Well, then it' s all worked out. It' s fixed.
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More or less.
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And I thought I was fucked up.
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I' ll admit it' s confusing
when you look at it from the outside.
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You have to try to look at it from the inside.
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But if you look at anything from the inside
it makes sense.