[kosciusko51]

I have worked for and with Calvinists and as a whole, they are the most aloof, unapproachable people as people as you have ever met. They didn’t share Christ with others, and had a rather callous disregard for their fate.

metmom, really, again? As a whole?

Do you know who started Evangelism Explosion? Why, none other that the "aloof, unapproachable" Dr. D. James Kennedy (a Calvinist). And what about the teachings of Dr. R. C. Sproul and Ligonier Ministries?

Your ping list includes many of these "aloof, unapproachable people," yet you continue to misrepresent us on this site. I'm sorry you have had bad experience in your personal life with those who claim to be Calvinists, but frankly, this is one bias of yours that I take as a personal offense.

Finally, your bad interactions with these people should not discredit their theology any more than bad behaving Christians discredit the teaching of Christ.

[newgeezer]

+1 to all of that.

[metmom]

I know. I took EE.

I’m just telling you about the people I have personally met face to face in my life, people I worked with and for and I never knew they were Christians. For YEARS. That’s my experience, and again, it isn’t all.

I’m sorry that they leave a black mark on the face of Calvinism, but that is what I encountered.

Maybe it was just the area I grew up in.

For the most part, I don’t have problems with their theology. I find it to be pretty solid and enjoy the teaching.

You should not take offense as if I am painting you that way. Since you are different, then it doesn’t include you.