The passage of 1 Timothy 2 that you mention has been discussed theologically by Calvinists while retaining fidelity to the text and accuracy of translation. Please see the following links.

http://www.theopedia.com/Limited_atonement
http://www.the-highway.com/1Tim2.4.html
http://www.calvinistgadfly.com/?p=107

And a whole page of links to other reading material can be found here:

You also claim Pelagius was a real saint, regardless of his theological beliefs. Your own words expose the error of your thinking: that righteousness springs from personal works (and that by finite and fallible human beings, from your other postings) versus faith in the perfect and divine righteousness of the God-Man Jesus Christ alone, which is external to the person. You, sir, are quite in error! Especially if you believe that such a one as Pelagius serves as an adequate and sufficient imitator of Christ.

http://www.ondoctrine.com/10pelagi.htm

Augustine? Sex-obsessed? This is a half-truth, sir. If you care about honesty, then you will note the historical biography of Augustine's conversion.

No, Salvation is of the Lord (Jonah 2:9). God freely shows grace and compassion on whomever He desires, without obligation or necessity (Ex. 33:19, Rom. 9:15). As for those God does not elect unto salvation, who are we to dare question God in the sovereignty of His Holiness (Rom. 9:20-21)? The fact is, God endures with much patience those whom He has fitted to be vessels worthy only of destruction (Rom. 9:22) but also makes known the inestimable richness of His glory upon the elect vessels of mercy prepared ahead of time for glory (Rom. 9:23)

Your accusation that I am a fatalist is incorrect. This simply shows you do not understand my theological position. Fortunately, such ignorance is rectifiable. Even better, explanatory references are freely available online.

This brings me to the following point: I have a reading assignment for you. Please read the following two resources. Properly understood, these materials should helpfully disabuse you of your faulty religious philosophy giving rise to your emotionally abrasive and unhelpful tone.

http://www.founders.org/FJ45/editorial_fr.html
http://www.bloomingtonrpchurch.org/refdocpre/15.htm

You claim that God has no obligation to save anyone, and yet hypocritically assert that he MUST SAVE YOU because you believe in his "undeserved mercy and grace" which will allow him to impute the righteousness of Him who was "born from above" to YOU, a child of Satan.

OK, I cannot follow your reasoning here. Where you came up with the idea that I somehow obligate God's salvation based upon my beliefs is beyond me--that's a product of your theology, perhaps, but not mine. God is not obligated to save anyone. That includes me, you, everyone on SA, everyone who's ever been born, everyone who will ever be born, and so forth.

What is it you don't understand? Is it the picture, or is it just the concept of humor in general you have trouble understanding? By the way, did you even LOOK at the picture? Go look at the picture first before commenting further.

I hope there are no Calvinists with theological hunting licenses anywhere near where you live, because people such as yourself and 9/11 and other froth-at-the-mouth freewillers of Arminian ilk could have the following happen to them:

You said, "At least Calvin was actually good at it, and knew what Scriptures NOT to reference lest he destroy his own utterly cruel and hateful theology."

LOL!!!

The fact that you would call the sovereignty of God utterly cruel and hateful theology says more about the spiritual condition of your heart (especially in its relationship to God) than I ever could. Thank you for your words. Matt. 12:37 (NASB) says, "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

If you would study John 1:10-13, you would understand that belief preceded reception of Christ, and that being born precedes belief, and the fact that God is the author of this birth precedes the birth itself. So, sir, you are simply in error.

Please read Ephesians 2:8-10 and pay careful attention to the verses.

Hmmmmm.

Yes, man must be born again. However, salvation is not in man's power or will or even desire (Man does not truly desire God or to forsake sin before God's sovereign grace converts him from a sinner into a saint).

Please read John 1:10-13 (especially verse 13, noting the context) and the entire chapter of John 3. Salvation is of the Lord. Period.