I know this guy. I used to frequent a few boards he was on including his own. His main ephesis in internet engagement was the KJVO of which he was/is a staunch supporter. The KJVOs of these circles were anything but reasonable or demonstrative of Christian attidudes, but this guy is actually one of the more down to earth, reasonable, and might I say actually Godly ones. Anyway, about a year and a half ago, Keith here discovered the doctrines of grace. As it turns out, about half the KJVO supporters were Calvinists to begin with, it was just a subject that hadn't come up. What happened? The KJVO camp tuned on itself and that venom they usually reserve for us non-Bible believers (ie, might actually read the NKJV) was thrown at each other. While I had been called an idiot, a fool, things I wouldn't repeat, and of course, a non Christian many times, now they were calling themselves such. They began banning each other from their boards and making alliances and everything. Each side had very angry, unreasonable, hard headed supporters. Keith here was caught in the middle (for one part, because the main argument took place at his own KJVO forum) and also because he was the one who switched. And Keith, impressivly, kept his cool for most of it, and proved he indeed has the Spririt of God in Him. I am only telling you this so that you might understand what he has been through and were he is coming from.

The debate died down. All of the forums the KJVOs hung at died themselves. Meanwhile, Keith continued to study (in a manner that perhaps rivals yourself, webmaster) and began to look more and more at the reformation. He began listing quotes from Calvin, Spurgeon, etc on his forum. This was all quite a shock because the KJVO of these circles was almost always old school dispensational (often hyper-dispensational) with no respect for history, tradition, and espeically not John Calvin who even the Calivinst on these boards don't believe was even saved). As you might guess, they are staunch staunch baptists. Anyway, he is posting these things and all of a sudden picks up on a new pet doctrine, the antichrist is Rome. Apparantly he is still arguing this one. He has been having an ongoing discusstion with another KJVO on another KJVO site (the most obnixious of all places run by avseven) over this and the same spew and venom is passed back and forth. I think behaps Keith has been harded to much not to be defensive. Perhaps interaction with you will help to bring him back into a Christlike attitute that he started with. I'm not sure whether or not he ever switched to padeobaptism, as he was leaning that way and posted some information at least defending a more correct understanding of what the reformers believed if not actually agreeing. BTW just for clarification, I am a baptist.

[Edited on 4-26-2004 by Pete Richert]

[Edited on 4-26-2004 by Pete Richert]

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Pete Richert
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Austin ,TX