Calvinism and Freedom

It ought to strike anti-"Calvinists" hard, that historically the greatest proponents of republican freedom (and responsible free enterprise and commerce) are precisely the ones who have entertained the greatest emphasis on the Sovereignty of God, understood from a Scriptural standpoint.  This doctrine is the most powerful engine of freedom that the world has ever seen (or ever will see).

Those who complain about the alleged "islamic" tendency of this doctrine, and its opposition to "freedom," need to take heed and compare the ideals and fruits of the Christian and the Islamic cultures, and recognize that ideals of freedom and progress have been brought to pass (imperfectly) only under Augustinian and Calvinistic principles.

It's obvious on this ground that the doctrines of the Sovereignty of God in Calvinism and in Islam, having such differing effects, are entirely at odds with one another.