Calvinism vs. Arminianism

My own views are more similar to Arminianism though the two are not as logically incompatible as some may think all the best, urban

I don't know much about Arminianism, but I believe that there were reasons that agree with my beliefs why the founder separated from Calvinism. The inhabitants of the city of Berea, though not even Christians when Paul first preached the gospel to them, “searched the scriptures daily, [to see] whether those things [Paul preached] were so” (Acts:17:11)—and they were commended as “noble” for doing so. Yet leading Calvinists insist that it requires special (and apparently lengthy) preparation for anyone to become qualified to examine that peculiar doctrine in light of the Bible. Why? After all, the Bible itself declares that a “young man” can understand its instructions and thereby “cleanse his way” (Psalm:119:9). Even a child can know the Holy Scriptures through home instruction from a mother and grandmother (2 Timothy:1:5; 3:15). Timothy was certainly not a seminary-trained theologian, yet Paul considered him competent to study and “rightly divide” God’s Word. If special expertise were required to test Calvinism against Scripture, that would be proof enough that this peculiar doctrine did not come from valid biblical exegesis. Anything that enigmatic, by very definition, could not have been derived from the Bible, which itself claims to be written for the simple. -Dave Hunt