So we shouldn’t talk about distinctives here?
Sorry, but it’s the free-willer who stands there and says “I am smarter than the unbeliever because I “choose” Christ.”
..and it's the calvinist who says that God is nothing more than a small boy with a magniying glass who kills ants for the sheer pleasure of it.
I suspect the truth is somewhere in between.
As a non-calvinist, I have never claimed to be smarter than a non-believer. I have seen the error of my ways, though, and see a solution.
What a special word.... "distinctives." What does that mean, exactly? Does it "distinguish" between the elect and non-elect? Does having the wrong "distinctive" even matter, in terms of who and who is not "elect?" You behave as if it does ... which contradicts what you say about election.
Since you apparently consider yourself among the "elect," your "distinctives" are pretty much the same as what the Pharisee said in Jesus' parable.
Sorry, but it’s the free-willer who stands there and says “I am smarter than the unbeliever because I “choose” Christ.”
That's "running dog lackey free-willer" to you, FRiend. Do you have any more perjoratives to add?