How many similarities are there between the story of Frankenstein and the theology of John Calvin? Let's take a look...
Frankenstein - Start with completely dead corpse.
Calvinism - Check
Frankenstein - Corpse is zapped with lightning and brought to life.
Calvinism - Check
Frankenstein - Creator is self centered and has an ends justifies the means mentality.
Calvinism - Check
Frankenstein - Even after being zapped with lightning Frankenstein is still nothing more than a totally depraved monster.
Calvinism - Check
Frankenstein - Hunchbacked servant named Igor
Calvinism - Hunchback servant named Pierre
Frankenstein - "I am not a Frankenstein. I'm a Fronkensteen. Don't give me that. I don't believe in fate. And I won't say it!...All right, you win. You win. I give. I'll say it. I'll say it. I'll say it. DESTINY! DESTINY! NO ESCAPING THAT FOR ME! DESTINY! DESTINY! NO ESCAPING THAT FOR ME!"
Calvinism - Check
(That last one is a reference to Young Frankenstein)
Calvinism - Check
Frankenstein - Corpse is zapped with lightning and brought to life.
Calvinism - Check
Frankenstein - Creator is self centered and has an ends justifies the means mentality.
Calvinism - Check
Frankenstein - Even after being zapped with lightning Frankenstein is still nothing more than a totally depraved monster.
Calvinism - Check
Frankenstein - Hunchbacked servant named Igor
Calvinism - Hunchback servant named Pierre
Frankenstein - "I am not a Frankenstein. I'm a Fronkensteen. Don't give me that. I don't believe in fate. And I won't say it!...All right, you win. You win. I give. I'll say it. I'll say it. I'll say it. DESTINY! DESTINY! NO ESCAPING THAT FOR ME! DESTINY! DESTINY! NO ESCAPING THAT FOR ME!"
Calvinism - Check
(That last one is a reference to Young Frankenstein)
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Ha!! Outstanding!
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