If everything is pre-ordained, whether by Calvin's God or by the outworking of the Big Bang, then that applies to every space and character of this discussion and every sensation of thought as we perform our pre-ordained character strokes. I cannot judge the validity of what is said because I cannot originate any judgments whatsoever.

I started this thread by querying the Calvinist statement that God 'did ... freely and unchangeably ordain ... whatever comes to pass.' This seems to embrace our thoughts along with everything else, in which case our thoughts are not our own at all. I am not a locus of thought but only of thought sensations.

It seems to me that everyone who thinks they're voluntarily and meaningfully posting comments must actually disagree with the Calvinist view. (This would even be true - paradoxically - of someone who was defending it.)