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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ What is the Calvinist point of view you see, PP? What do you see as inaccurate, broadly speaking, recognizing that Protestants have a diverse set of beliefs and practices? Is it inaccurate on the whole, in your view? In what way? [/quote]
Under free will, freedom to choose only evil. This is basically the "total depravity" teaching in a nutshell. 
Under divine grace, sufficient grace for salvation given to elect only. While this [i]could[/i] be read both ways, it sounds very much like the Calvinist viewpoint that God chooses those whom He will save, not anyone who comes to Christ.
"Unconditional" salvation sounds very much like "unconditional election."

Basically, Calvinism teaches that God chose before the world was created who He would save, and who He would not. It does, however, teach that those whom God chose to save are indeed saved by the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. This is in opposition to other evangelical teaching that the salvation of Christ is available to all who choose to believe in Christ as their savior.

I would encourage a thorough study of the Bible (best done by reading the Bible and with much prayer, and not a bunch of commentaries) to sort this out. I don't want to start a Calvinism debate on here, but it is necessary to point out that many of these charts and so forth that can be linked to are not quite so cut-and-dried in their presentation of Christian tenets.[/quote]

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