Why? Scripture tells us to contend for the faith. To give a good accounting for the reason for our confidence in Him. To try the spirits. We're all supposed to be lawyers when it comes to sound doctrine. We are to weigh the evidence, according to the word of God.
Most Calvinists on this forum started out as Arminians until God smacked them over the head by the good and Godly evidence in Scripture as given by His saints who preached the word in season and out.
Sound doctrine may be "divisive," but that's not always a bad thing. "“What hath Jerusalem to do with Athens?"
when someone misinterprets our position or misstates what they believe that we believe, that the person making that misrepresentation is doing so out of ignorance and not out of malice.
Obviously you've never been on the receiving end of cat pictures.
I do believe that people's minds can be changed through rational argument, but then I am not a Calvinist
1) Calvinists believe in rational arguments.
2) It's finally Thursday. Is it safe to say you're a four or five-point Calvinist, but not on Wednesdays or Thursdays?
“It’s finally Thursday”
A man left work one Friday afternoon. Being payday, instead of going home, he stayed out the entire weekend hunting with the boys and spent his entire paycheck.
When he finally appeared at home, Sunday night, he was confronted by a very angry wife and was barraged for nearly two hours with a tirade befitting his actions.
Finally, his wife stopped the nagging and simply said to him, “How would you like it if you didn’t see me for two or three days?”
To which he replied, “That would be fine with me.”
Monday went by and he didn’t see his wife.
Tuesday and Wednesday came and went with the same results.
Thursday, the swelling went down just enough where he could see her a little out of the corner of his left eye.