Amen!
I promised the other side of the fence. This sort of thing is not isolated to attack on Calvinists. Here are two recent ones on the Semper Reformada sub-forum, not to me personally.
"Is the god of the Arminain God? Not at all. The pygmy god of Arminianism is a figment of men's imaginations and is no more able to save than a knat can. Does God desire anything that He can't have? The Arminian god does. Is there anything God wants that He can't bring about? That is the god of Arminianism.
"Calling an Arminian brother isnt being compassionate toward their error it is assenting to their heresy. If you believe that they are saved then why even try to show them Calvinism?"
The following ones were directed at me in several posts from a well-known Calvinist on the Soteriology sub-forum, but not on the Baptist sub-forum. It was on a thread I started called verses supporting predestination & election, verses supporting man's responsibility. It got the attention of the resident attack dog
"another person who has come here to combat a perceived theological bent out of some kind of paranoia."
"Patronizing."
"paranoia,
antagonization."
"we will see if true colors come out for all to see."
"no grand Illuminati strategy".
"hyper-Calvinist theologians are not hiding under your bed or in your closet."
"put away the tin-foil hat for a moment".
"the monsters are not out to get you.
"No, rather, I think this is more paranoia talking."
"Tell the little birds whispering in your ear to fly away."
"How about some substance now so what you really believe can come out in the open."
"If your conduct and few posts with substance are any indication, it is becoming quite clear what your true colors."
This kind of self-righteousness is nauseating to me.
I need to point out that these are two of the more belligerent 5-pointers out there, and not typical of those Ive known generally on here.
Bella,
One thing that's curious to me. Why do you identify yourself to others as Calvinist?
In 30+ years as a believer, until I came onto CF I've never had more than a couple of encounters with fellow brothers and sisters where I felt the need to identify myself as such or where they did so either. Doctrinal discussions in the myriads, but never the label thrown out there. It many times became obvious where one stood, but generally Christians don't in my experience feel the need to identify themselves with the label of either Calvinist or Arminian.
Just wondering...