I'm not quite sure what Molinism attempts to accomplish. If it is trying to make God appear more loving than Calvinism, it utterly fails in doing so. Perhaps, there is some explanation that I've not heard that negates this, but as far as I can tell, it isn't distinguished from Calvinism in this regard at all. God still loves one group over another.
The reason why this is the case is due the fact that one must conclude the reason why God makes people He knows will not believe in any universe, or at least, in the one with the maximum amount of people believing is not for the sake of themselves, but for the sake of those who would believe. Surely, it is better not to exist than to exist and be eternally punished. So why does God create these people?
They are part of the necessary conditions that make up this universe and allow the maximum amount of people to believe. But if this is true, it means that God did what was worst for them, i.e., decided to not love them, by loving those who would be saved. He made vessels of dishonor for the purpose of making vessels of honor, but how is this different from Calvinism?
Sure, it is different in other respects, through its Pelagian understanding of man, for instance, it determines people's choices by the environment rather than changing the person through regeneration, but it doesn't seem to escape the issue that God loves some over others, and is willing to damn some in order to save others. Am I missing something?
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