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Ok, so if Arminians are Christians and Calvinists are Christians, then what is the big deal?

Not all in these discussions are saved. There are those who act like spiritual tares and there are those who act like chaff. Tares we are to leave alone by the advise of the Lord for He intends to burn them.

However, Arminianism does tend to sow both tares and chaff into the Church by preaching a false gospel.

Is the Gospel when preached by an Arminian less effective than the Gospel when preached by a Calvinist?

Like I said, Arminianism sows tares and chaff into the Church. Plus, anyone who preaches the Gospel as an offer is preaching a false Gospel. The gospel is not an offer, but a declaration, a loud trumpet call that the kingdom of God is here. Men are commanded to repent and believe in it.

... we ought to strive more to just "get along."

True, if you will notice perhaps, I do get along with a great many Arminians on FR. Nevertheless, we should not compromise the truth for the sake of getting along.

It does seem odd to me that you would admit that you became a Christian at the preaching of Arminians yet you now claim to be a committed Calvinist. Are you any more saved now since you decided that the systematic theology of Calvinism is somehow better than the systematic theology of Arminianism?

For nearly 14 years, my first 14 years as a Christian, I had to endure false teaching. I left my first church over it when I was old enough to do so. I am certainly better fed today and don't have to worry about sour milk. I am certainly in a closer relationship with the Lord.

However, Arminianism does tend to sow both tares and chaff into the Church by preaching a false gospel.

You see that is what I am talking about right there. If Arminainism is a false gospel, then how is it that so many Calvinists were saved at the preaching of an Arminian? Did these Calvinists accept a false Gospel? If they did, then they were never saved, were they?

So if Arminianism is the Lie of Eden, then why don't you just come out and say that Arminians are not Christians? Why continue to allow them to make a false claim that they are saved, when if fact they, like Eve, are only deceived?

In other words: Put up or Shut up.