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This is really cool:

"Let there be no misunderstanding at this point. The Arminian limits the atonement as certainly as does the Calvinist. The Calvinist limits the extent of it in that he says it does not apply to all persons...while the Arminian limits the power of it, for he says that in itself it does not actually save anybody. The Calvinist limits it quantitatively, but not qualitatively; the Arminian limits it qualitatively, but not quantitatively. For the Calvinist it is like a narrow bridge that goes all the way across the stream; for the Arminian it is like a great wide bridge that goes only half-way across. As a matter of fact, the Arminian places more severe limitations on the work of Christ than does the Calvinist. (Lorraine Boettner, The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination (Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1932) p. 153.)"

This reminds me of the book that I read a little of that time in a Barnes and Noble in NYC. The book was written against Calvinism, and the odd thing was that the the author really seemed to understand it. The thing that was annoying about the book was that the author never seemed to say what he believed in opposition to Calvinism. He was never like: "Calvinism says this... I say this, and this is why I think this is right.". He was more like: "Calvinism says all this, blah blah blah [the book was really long] and this I deny" I don't remember ever finding a 'positive' statement.

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