I'm not particularly either, probably fall more on the Calvinist side. But I was reading a book (sorry, forget which one) recently which said that there was a main difference.
Pretty much all mainline Protestant denominations accept that not everyone will be saved. There are people ('nice' people) who are going to hell. Heck - for me, most of my nice friends and all of my not-so-nice family are going there. So in spite of several scriptures that state that God wants all to come to repentance and know Him, obviously if they don't something is stopping that.
Arminins have the idea that human self-determination blocks it. Calvinists believe that God has chosen some to receive and others not to in order to greater glorify His name.
Yeah, just wanted to record that for posterity.
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