Swatting Calvinists?

A few days ago I ran across a blog called "calvinist flyswatter" with a subtitle that reads:

the reformed calvinist blogosphere produces theological flies. i swat them.

The "i" in this statement refers to someone who calls himself "Charles". Now, Charles is the same "Charles the brave" that James White responded to recently on his web cast over the interpretation of Matthew 23:37. Incidentally, for anyone wishing to hear the Calvinistic interpretation of this standard Arminian prooftext would do well to follow the provided link.

Anyway, I have been looking thru the articles on Charles' site hoping to find material to interact with here at Conversations. What I found however, is that most of what is written there is not written by Charles himself but by a fellow named Bob Ross who seems to have it in for James White. On top of this, Ross himself seems to have no problem with calvinism per se, but has issues with the particuliars of the "Ordo Salutis" or order of salvation. I'm no mathmatician, but I would hazard a guess that the material on this site written by Bob Ross that deals with the ordo salutis versus what Charles himself has written, is easily 80% or better and this includes the comment sections.

In light of these things, I can't help but wonder; why have a website about "swatting calvinists" when there is hardly anything on the site that directly challenges the five points themselves or is even written by the one claiming to swat "theological flies"?

James White and Tom Ascol to debate Ergun and Emir Caner

James White announced on his blog today that he and Tom Ascol will be debating Ergun and Emir Caner. This will be a very interesting debate considering the email exchange Dr. White and Ergun Caner had recently. This exchange can be found here: http://www.aomin.org/ErgunCaner1.html

The debate will also be interesting in light of the Caner brothers' recent behavior over at the Founder's blog. Hopefully, the Caner brothers will distance themselves from their behavior of late and engage the issues in a mature and scholarly manner.

First Post

For my first post here at Conversations I would just like to briefly state the purpose of this site. I love discussing theology. Specifically, I love discussing the system of theology known as Calvinism. Notice I said "discuss". I do not like heated debate and flame contests. I'll give you an example of what I mean. About a year or so ago, I had a brief conversation with a lady who had made some rather pointed comments on a particuliar message board about my system of belief and I responded. It only took a couple of exchanges for her to resort to questioning my status as a christian and abruptly ended the exchange. Thus, I suppose the moral of this story is if you are the kind of person who does this kind of hit-and-run posting, or are just plain itching for a fight, please go elsewhere. If you fail to heed this warning, I will not hesitate to either answer you on your own grounds or ban you altogether. Otherwise, I welcome any and all comments you may have concerning Calvinism and any other topic I happen to post here. Thanks and welcome!