Calvarminianism?

John Calvin versus Jakob Arminius.

The two presented Reformation-era doctrines that divided Christians for a long time, and still do to a degree today.

Calvin presented The Five Points of Calvinism, called TULIP: Total depravity, Unconditional election, Limited atonement, Irresistible grace, and Perseverance of the saints. This acrostic argues, in order, that man is completely depraved on his own and cannot save himself, that God elects who will be saved with no respect to the life or deeds of that person, that Christ died for only the elect, that God's grace is irresistible to the elect, and that once an elected person is saved that they will always be saved.

Arminius, on the other hand, affirmed one point and repudiated the rest: conditional election, unlimited atonement, total depravity, resistible grace, and conditional perseverance. These articles argued, again in order, that God's election was only to those whom He knew would be faithful to Him, that atonement is unlimited to all but only affects the elect, that man is completely depraved [as in Calvinism,] that God's grace is resistible thanks to free will, and that perseverance of the saints is conditional to their remained faithfulness to God.

Some of these points, in my personal, uneducated, un-doctorated opinion, contradict each other. For instance, it appears to me that conditional election and limited atonement would go together, rather than opposing each other. On top of this, I can't help but wonder if either Calvinists or Arminianists are entirely correct in their views; is it possible that the "correct answer" lies somewhere in a marriage of the two?

I am not entirely decided on my opinions on these, and this is going to be an ongoing series of posts as I determine my views, but as it stands this evening I think my beliefs are as follows: election is nonexistent, atonement is unlimited, man is totally depraved, grace is resistible and the saints are preserved indefinitely.

Does that make me a Calvarminianist?

Don't quote me on that.