Total Depravity

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This is erroneous and certainly not what the early church taught. The Calvinist doctrine of total depravity does not exist independent from the other main points of Calvinism, nor does it exist independent from certain expectations (such as the aforementioned matter of sovereignty and free will operating in some zero-sum game). Therefore God does not preemptively choose certain people to be saved, while preemptively choosing other people to be damned. That's contrary to the Scriptures, and-- to my understanding-- is buttressed by a presupposition about God's sovereignty that necessitates man to have no free will (despite clearly also being dynamically judged for their deeds), lest He not be sovereign.

Romans 3:9 also doesn't teach Total Depravity. Paul is not intending to make a statement about the universal Total Depravity of mankind. Instead, his point is that when it comes to being in right standing before God, Jews are on the same footing as Gentiles.