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BW3 talks about why Calvinists are so infrequently come across as negative and arrogant. And I think he speaks the mind of many other Christians (like myself) in terms of their reluctance to believe in a relatively closed theological system such as Calvinism:

Please understand that I am not suggesting that we should not think logically and coherently about our faith, and do our best to connect the dots. Nevertheless, we should be placing our faith in God, not in a particular theological system. There is a difference. In the former case the faith is largely placed in whom we know and whom we have encountered. In the latter case the faith can be too often placed in what we believe we know about God and theological truth.

I believe in Jesus. I believe, as the NT so repeatedly attested, that our salvation comes from Him and Him alone. He is the climax of the Covenant between God and His creation. And because of Him, and through Him, we are saved. Any attempt to undermine the importance of Christ in our salvation is therefore heresy. Any attempt to live a Christian life apart from Him is contradictory. This is my bottom line, and I believe different theological systems are good at answering the how-Jesus-is-so-importantly question from various perspectives found in the Bible.

And any attempt to put other things above the One who is above all things, is to me, nonsense.