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I've noticed that when Roman Catholics are losing the arguments on some of these threads, certain Arminian posters pop up and derail the discussion.

Perhaps that's their intent.

Dr. E --> that's making it personal and also presuming to read someone else's mind/intentions.

Your post was to Mr Rogers; 1000 silverlings; HarleyD; RnMomof7 -- with only Mr. R as the Arminian.

Hence, your post, though framed delicately is a personal attack

Secondly, I have not seen Mr Rogers or any Arminian come on any Protestant-Catholic thread for nearly a year, so your very statement is incorrect.

Thirdly, Mr. R has also been having a side-discussion with kosta and maryz debating canon in which his views are not apostolic, so accusing him of somehow "supporting Catholicism" is not true -- he's arguing for his own beliefs.

Fourthly, this thread has a number of non-Calvinists -- Quix (pentecostal) for one and a couple of lutherans and I would wager Iscool (though not sure if he follows the Arminian or Calvinist belief in double predestination), so there are a wide range of viewpoints and you can't say "Calvinist thought is winning" as plainly Pentecostals (for example) are NOT Calvinistic in the main.

Secondly, I have not seen Mr Rogers or any Arminian come on any Protestant-Catholic thread for nearly a year, so your very statement is incorrect.

That's probably not the case as Arminian thought is pretty prevalent in Protestant and Evangelical Christianity. That's probably most likely because those who hold to Arminian thought don't self-identify with it and announce it.

Fourthly, this thread has a number of non-Calvinists -- Quix (pentecostal) for one and a couple of lutherans and I would wager Iscool (though not sure if he follows the Arminian or Calvinist belief in double predestination), so there are a wide range of viewpoints and you can't say "Calvinist thought is winning" as plainly Pentecostals (for example) are NOT Calvinistic in the main.

And yet ALL believe salvation is by Grace alone Thru Faith Alone in Christ Alone.

Family infighting, but family. Did not the apostles fight amongst themselves? The Corinthian church? Remember the east, west split?

We will all have perfect theology in heaven when we are taught face to face by Jesus Christ.

Perhaps that's their intent. Statements worded as questions (e.g. "perhaps") are rarely "making it personal" because the poster is expressing his own mind and not the mind of the other poster.

For instance, if I said "Are you a heretic?" that would not be making it personal. But if I said "You are a heretic" that would be making it personal.

And if I said "Perhaps you don't know..." that would not be making it prsonal. But if I said "You don't know..." that would be making it personal.

Secondly, I have not seen Mr Rogers or any Arminian come on any Protestant-Catholic thread for nearly a year, so your very statement is incorrect.

Maybe Catholics need a scorecard....See they can not tell us apart because we really do have the same basic doctrinal positions ...LOL