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Nonsense. I held the Arminian view for over 30 years. I understand perfectly well the “God loves us and wants the best for us” concept

Lok I don't know anything about you, but apparently love did not appeal to you. I would say that perhaps it has to do with the fact that you went from one man-made church to another, but not to the Church established by our Lord.

You believe in a book that the Church created for you, after paintsakingly searching and studying some 200 plus texts that were in circulation, of which only 29 were selcted as inspired. Obviously the Church did not know its Scripture! But you do! Much better than the Church.

You are part of a group that believes that each and every one of you the right interpretor of Scripture, yet not a single one of you agrees fully with each other. For a people who say all you have to do is read the Bible, the Protestants sure write an awful lot of books about the Bible! Why, when the Protestants claim that even children can understand Scripture?! Hmmmm.

But, while kind of love can you find in a group that teaches self-interpretation as the alpha and the omega of faith? I would say self-love, my friend. It's sad that it took you 30 years to discover that there was no love (or perhaps not enough hate) in your Armeinian assembly. Now you find love in a Church that predestines people to death, to damnation, and to hell simply because they are superfluous creatures of God.

That's sad. May God open your heart.

I would say that perhaps it has to do with the fact that you went from one man-made church to another, but not to the Church established by our Lord

This brings to mind what Kolokotronis has pointed out about the Monothelite heresy and how the Patriarch of that time subscribed to it and later was declared a heretic. The Western Church also had men like Alexander VI, the Borgia Pope. But, was The Church defined by these men? When their wrongs were pointed out did that bring down The Church? No. Because The Church is more than just the Bishops, more than the priests -- it is Christ's bride.

I can contrast it with organisations that are NOT part of The Church and how they splinter after their mortal founders (how many Evangelical sects are there?)