I said what you stated is ignorant, and it is. That had nothing to do with whether or not you're Christian, nor anything to do with persecution. You have a real hard time with making category errors and comprehension. That said, nothing you've stated follows the line of thinking or our context of discussion. Plainly it was an attack with no basis.
My point to you is spot on: having never read a book, just accepting it as fact since it was written is totally ignorant thinking. This is why I say you help facilitate the world's notion that believers are ignorant.
Here is what you stated:
Your last sentence above is blind faith and willful ignorance. Sad to behold and inexcusable in it's disdain for knowledge and truth.
I guess I am ignorant in that I did not read the book. It didn't belong to me, but I saw it in the hands of another person. Is it not logical to conclude that if there is an entire book devoted to a subject, that the content of the book would indeed contain the information that substantiates the premise of the book?
I do not reject Calvinism based on the information contained in the book; for I never read it. I reject Calvinism (though I hold to POTS) on the basis of other information, which is not based on ignorance.
And insulting my ability to comprehend things is not a very Christian thing to do.
I have looked into the issue of Calvinism extensively by perusing threads on, and participating in threads on the subject where it was being debated. If you want to call me ignorant then go right ahead. I know that I am informed on the subject and that I am also open to any new information that might be able to convince me of the opposing pov.
But really, the hurdle that must be dealt with in that is that Romans 5:2 teaches us that we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; while I find that proponents of Calvinism purport that we come to faith because of grace.
And I actually agree, if you take the analogy that Jesus giving you the key to the door that enters into the room we call grace is in itself an act of unmerited favour (grace). It remains that in order to partake of the benefits of the room, we must open the door (Jesus) with the key of faith and enter into the room through the door.