... The Reformers were all Calvinistic. Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Melanchton [for a time], Knox [Founder of the Presbyterian Church]
All of them were Calvinistic. And might I also say I know all of the other Reformed believers on this site are
1.) Concerned first and foremost with what the Word of God has to say, not with being right.
2.) Have thoroughly examined Calvinism as a whole [not just the 5 Points]
3.) Are more concerned with the Glory of God than worshiping the god of free will
You make it out like we just don't know what it is Calvinism teaches. On the contrary, we know it very well; much better than you do. And the fact that you would rather ignore our posts, disregard our statements, and refuse to listen to the reasoning and Scripture behind our remarks show that you are so fixated on proving that Calvinism is wrong that you ignore trying to let the Scriptures speak for themselves. It says a lot about a person when they refuse to let Scripture [as a whole, not taken out of context] correct them.
Also, most if not all of the Calvinists on this site could attest to being Arminian at one point or another. I hated Calvinism for a long time, and attacked it much the same way you do now; by telling them that if the would just 'open their eyes, they would see the truth.' The problem was, I was the blind man telling others to see. When I actually read Calvinist books, It was to tear down the philosophy and expose Calvinist as heretics. But when God opened my heart to the gospel, I was changed.
So please, do not make it out like my brothers and I do not know what we are talking about, and that the problem is that we've been indoctrinated by Calvinism, or that if we would just 'open our eyes, we would see the truth.' We've all been where you are right now, and know the Arminian stance as well as the next guy. You love to talk about the 'flaws of our theology', but when we answer your questions about the flaws, they go ignored. And I think I know why. Because if we were to answer every question, and you were to genuinely read our responses instead of casually brushing them to the side, you would see that you are the true die-hard; clinging to Arminianism at any cost; even at the cost of the truth. This is the real reason my brothers have slowed down a bit debating with you. Because you don't debate. In a debate, you deal with the opponents points, and counterpoint. What happens here is half a debate. You make an accusation, and we answer with Scripture, then ask where we went wrong. But we are never answered. It is always a 'moving right along' kind of debate, where our answers are burried under mounds of more questions that we answer, only to answer 20 or 30 more. If we were to have an actual debate with you, where questions are answered and answers are either proven or disproven using Scripture, we'd make more headway. But instead, all that goes on is ridicule and mockery, laughing at and spitting on Calvinism for baseless reasons.
If you want to debate the proper way, I'm sure we would be more than happy to do so. But it's high time you either play ball or get off the field. If you are going to attack something, you should at least give fair trial rather than a rigged system.