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dp-1-6-predestination — Batch Review

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Batch Review — dp-1-6-predestination

Source: resources/DP/Part1/Chapter06-predestination/ (4 section files, ~106 lines) Scope: 7 atomics, all /reference/. No glossary/person stubs added. 0 new-tag requests. Variant: foundation-pass (ADR-0021) Granularity: per-chapter — same as Ch 1 / Ch 2 / Ch 3 / Ch 4 / Ch 5

Ch 6 is the smallest DP Part 1 chapter so far (~half of Ch 5’s volume). Most §1-3 content applies frameworks already atomized in Ch 1-5; the truly new propositional content is concentrated in: the absolute-Will-vs-conditional-way distinction, the 95/5 numerical ratio, the “God predestines only good” theodicy bound, the failed-figure replacement pattern, the five-prerequisite central-figure funnel, and the §4 Romans-reread apologetic with explicit Calvin-by-name rejection.

Grilling session (skill: /grill-with-docs) was run by user request despite handoff recommending straight atomization. All grill questions resolved with recommended answers per handoff guidance. §1 split into 3 atomics (Will-absolute + good-only + replacement-pattern) rather than 2 — Will-absolute and good-only are tightly coupled but contestable distinctly, so kept separate. §4 kept as 1 umbrella covering Rom 8, Rom 9:15-16, Rom 9:21, Jacob-Esau, and the Calvin-naming.

Atomics (7)

§1 — Predestination of God’s Will (3)

FileTitleTags
dp-gods-will-is-absolutely-predestined-toward-restorationGod’s Will Is Absolutely Predestined Toward Restorationprovidence, restoration, divine-constraint, principle-of-creation
dp-god-predestines-only-good-never-evilGod Predestines Only Good, Never Evilprovidence, divine-constraint, fall, apologetics
dp-failed-central-figure-replaced-to-fulfill-absolute-willA Failed Central Figure Is Replaced to Fulfill the Absolute Willprovidence, restoration, indemnity, messiah

§2 — Predestination of the way (1)

FileTitleTags
dp-95-5-ratio-of-divine-to-human-responsibilityThe 95/5 Ratio of Divine to Human Responsibilityprovidence, divine-constraint, believers-responsibility, principle-of-creation

§3 — Predestination of human beings (2)

FileTitleTags
dp-individuals-conditionally-predestined-pending-responsibility-completionIndividuals Are Conditionally Predestined, Pending Responsibility-Completionprovidence, restoration, divine-constraint, salvation, believers-responsibility
dp-central-figure-selection-criteria-five-prerequisitesCentral-Figure Selection Has Five Prerequisitesprovidence, restoration, messiah, lineage

§4 — Romans rereads + Calvin rejection (1)

FileTitleTags
dp-rom-rereads-vindicate-conditional-predestination-against-calvinRomans Rereads Vindicate Conditional Predestination Against Calvinprovidence, exegesis, biblical, apologetics, salvation

Glossary / Person updates

None this batch. All terms wikilinked ([[restoration]], [[providence]], [[purpose-of-creation]], [[indemnity]], [[messiah]], [[second-advent]], [[lineage]], [[fall]], [[providential-history]]) and persons ([[abraham]], [[moses]], [[jesus]], [[john-the-baptist]]) exist as pre-stubs.

Calvin appears as plain text (not pre-stubbed and not needed — he is a counter-argument figure for parking threads, not an in-graph entity at atomic granularity, per handoff guidance).

On finalize: Person/Glossary ## Referenced by regenerated.

Suspected duplicates / cross-batch notes

Word-count audit

All 7 atomics ≤290 words after trim (hyphen-strip method per Ch 5 gotcha). Tightest: dp-god-predestines-only-good-never-evil at 290. Initial draft had 2 atomics over cap (Rom-rereads at 312, central-figure-criteria at 293) — trimmed via Edit calls.

Tag-registry requests

Zero new tags. All concepts covered by existing registry entries: providence, restoration, divine-constraint, principle-of-creation, fall, apologetics, indemnity, messiah, believers-responsibility, salvation, lineage, exegesis, biblical.

Note: glossary slug predestination was NOT used as a tag (it is a glossary term, not a tag-registry entry per Ch 5 gotcha #4).

Parked items

Threads (new — append to _meta/parking/threads.md)

  • Calvin’s absolute-predestination explicitly rejected — engagement with Reformed sovereignty theology — anchors: dp-rom-rereads-vindicate-conditional-predestination-against-calvin, dp-god-predestines-only-good-never-evil | trigger: DP §1 (theodicy bound) + §4 (explicit naming) | one-line: DP’s most direct anti-Reformed move at the doctrinal level — engagement texts: Calvin Institutes III.21-24 (election + reprobation), Westminster Confession III; modern Reformed counters: R.C. Sproul Chosen by God, John Piper The Justification of God; engagement should examine whether DP’s “God predestines only good” actually weakens or merely reframes the sovereignty/freedom problem (Calvin would say DP collapses providence into human-conditional, losing the unconditional-election guarantee that makes salvation secure). Extends but is distinct from Ch 2’s theodicy thread. | review: dp-1-6-predestination.md
  • The 95/5 ratio — quantification of divine/human cooperation vs other free-will/sovereignty schemes — anchors: dp-95-5-ratio-of-divine-to-human-responsibility | trigger: DP §2 numerical formulation | one-line: DP supplies a numerical split (95/5) where most theological traditions resist quantification — engagement with Molinism (concurrent freedom), open theism (no fixed split), classical compatibilism (no quantitative claim), and Eastern Orthodox synergism (cooperation without ratio); thread should examine whether the proportion is rhetorical (Ch 6 says “five percent… is one hundred percent of our effort” — already self-relativizing) or doctrinal (binding for SA Christ’s mission, blessing conditions, etc.). | review: dp-1-6-predestination.md
  • Central-figure selection criteria — falsifiability of the five-prerequisite funnel — anchors: dp-central-figure-selection-criteria-five-prerequisites | trigger: DP §3 funnel | one-line: DP’s five criteria (chosen people → lineage → character → development → time-place) are concrete enough to be evaluated against historical figures — engagement should ask whether SMM himself meets all five (Korean as chosen-people claim contested; lineage requires careful tracing; character/development/time-place have UC tradition’s positive case but external counters exist), and whether failure on any criterion would disqualify rather than merely delay; also engage Mormon-prophet criteria, Bahá’í manifestation criteria, and Buddhist Maitreya-recognition methods for comparative method. | review: dp-1-6-predestination.md
  • Replacement-pattern providence vs primary-plan providence — structural contingency claim — anchors: dp-failed-central-figure-replaced-to-fulfill-absolute-will, dp-gods-will-is-absolutely-predestined-toward-restoration | trigger: DP §1 final paragraph | one-line: DP’s claim that providence is structurally replacement-driven (Adam→Jesus, Cain→Seth, Moses→Joshua, Judas→Matthias) generalizes the Ch 4 cross-as-contingency thesis; counter is the Augustinian/Calvinist reading where each apparent “failure” was foreordained for higher providential purpose (e.g., the cross as primary plan, Judas as necessary betrayer per Acts 4:28’s “predestined”); thread should engage Acts 4:28 (“to do what your power and will had predestined to take place” — re: Herod, Pilate, etc. crucifying Jesus) which is the strongest textual counter to DP’s structural-contingency reading. | review: dp-1-6-predestination.md

Threads (extending existing — note only, don’t duplicate in parking)

Questions (append to _meta/parking/questions.md)

  • [critical] Does DP’s “God predestines only good” survive Acts 4:28’s “to do what your power and will had predestined to take place” — which explicitly names the crucifixion as predestined? Either DP must reread this verse (e.g., as predestined contingent-on-failure) or accept a tension with §1’s scope-bound. — anchors: dp-god-predestines-only-good-never-evil, dp-failed-central-figure-replaced-to-fulfill-absolute-will | one-line: load-bearing — Acts 4:28 is the canonical Reformed proof-text for absolute predestination of even evil-instrumental events | review: dp-1-6-predestination.md
  • [critical] Is the 95/5 ratio binding or rhetorical? If literal, it should apply across all responsibility-bearing contexts (blessing conditions, SA Christ’s mission, evangelism quotas); if rhetorical (as the “5% = 100% effort” gloss suggests), it cannot be quantitatively load-bearing. Which does UC theology actually treat it as? — anchors: dp-95-5-ratio-of-divine-to-human-responsibility | one-line: methodological — affects how DP’s responsibility doctrine can be operationalized | review: dp-1-6-predestination.md
  • [interesting] Do the five central-figure selection criteria evaluate consistently across providential figures (Abraham, Moses, Jesus, SMM)? Specifically: was “Korean people” the chosen-people criterion at Moon’s birth, when Christianity’s broader cultural-sphere claim from Ch 3 implied Christendom was the chosen vehicle? — anchors: dp-central-figure-selection-criteria-five-prerequisites | one-line: tests internal consistency of DP’s central-figure doctrine when applied to its own founder | review: dp-1-6-predestination.md
  • [interesting] Does the “replacement pattern” account of providence trivialize the original choice? If God can always select a successor, why does any particular failure matter providentially? DP’s answer must be that each replacement carries more indemnity-cost — but does that make the doctrine humanly tragic rather than divinely confident? — anchors: dp-failed-central-figure-replaced-to-fulfill-absolute-will | one-line: pastoral hinge — affects how DP’s view of unfulfilled missions is preached | review: dp-1-6-predestination.md

Web-search (append to _meta/parking/web-search.md)

  • Calvin Institutes of the Christian Religion III.21-24 (election + reprobation); Westminster Confession of Faith III; R.C. Sproul Chosen by God (1986); John Piper The Justification of God (2nd ed. 1993) — needed-for: thread “Calvin’s absolute-predestination explicitly rejected” | one-line: canonical Reformed sources to steel-man the absolute-predestination position DP rejects
  • Luis de Molina Concordia (1588) on middle knowledge; Open-theism canon (Boyd God of the Possible, Sanders The God Who Risks); Eastern Orthodox synergism (Lossky, Kallistos Ware) — needed-for: thread “The 95/5 ratio — quantification of divine/human cooperation” | one-line: comparative free-will/sovereignty schemes for positioning the DP ratio
  • Acts 4:28 commentary — patristic, Reformed, Arminian readings; F.F. Bruce The Book of the Acts (NICNT); Darrell Bock Acts (BECNT) — needed-for: question on Acts 4:28 vs DP’s good-only predestination | one-line: textual engagement with the canonical Reformed proof-text for predestined-evil-instrumental events

Question promotions

None this batch. Reviewed Ch 1-5 parking questions; closest candidate is Ch 4’s “What is DP’s account of providential redundancy / God’s backup plans?” — Ch 6’s dp-failed-central-figure-replaced-to-fulfill-absolute-will provides partial coverage (the structural replacement mechanism) but does not address the deeper question of whether the Second Advent itself is a “backup” or guaranteed. Question stays open in parking; partial coverage noted here.

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