Many people call me Calvinist. In a way, I really am. But in the main way, I am not. I do not follow Calvin. I follow Christ.
I am American. This one I do proudly claim. This does not mean I came here on the Mayflower like my Mom's Mom side did. This does not mean I ran from Ireland for a better life, like my Dad's Dad did. This does not mean I had slaves at one point. This does not mean I pioneered to the west, (which, frankly, most of my family never did go west, lol), it does not mean I created a railroad structure, like both sides of my family did, it does not mean I survived the Great Depression, it does not mean I went to war in one of several wars in America's history, and it doesn't even mean I ever did the jitterbug or wore a poodle skirt. (I did wear a mini skirt, but only because I didn't notice I was still growing taller, until one embarrassing moment in the high school lunch room. lol)
I am American, in all the flaws, follibles, and even a few good ways, of what I have done in my very own life.
Sorry, but nope. You're not going to guilt me for something I never did, even if I could possibly trace my family back to the first century to see if any of them ever believed any of this.
Honestly? I'm Irish and the only reasons I know anything about the potato famine that brought many Irish to the country (20 years after my kin came here), was because I like to garden and like to read odd histories like the history of the potato -- which, btw, is a plant from the Andes Mountains, so it's not very Irish at all. lol) So, no, not really big on where ancient people got stuff wrong.
I see no reason to go back in time to find out who got what right and who got what wrong, just to trust in who I know is right. Too little time already to learn all I want to know about God. (Yes, I know. I have eternity. But I still feel like I'm preparing for the world's most important date by learning as much about the date before hand. lol)
I can actually list a few things Calvin got wrong, but, then again, that's history I learned so late in life I get him and Luther mixed up all the time. I don't care. They aren't God.
The only religious indoctrination I ever had was being raise Catholic. Because I've been born again, a lot of that is gone. I infinitely trust God to take away the rest of the drivel imparted onto me. I also trust he doesn't penalize me for having some of that drivel as part of what I think. As long as I get the important stuff, (GOD), the rest simply doesn't matter. He'll be fixing most, (if not all), of us from our poor understanding of him when he glorifies us.