The answer I gave earlier "God" though true, were given because of my mood at the time.

Basically though I had heard of Calvinism before and actually very early in my Christian walk an older couple tried to teach both my mom and I about the Calvinism. However, for whatever reason neither of us comprehended what they were trying to teach us.
It was not until years later when I was looking for a Christian board that I found 'The Highway'. At that time, believe it or not I thought a Calvinist was just a person who believed "once saved, always saved."
Boy oh boy was I in for a rude awakening when God brought me to 'The Highway'. I began to see over time the complexities of Calvinism and how it was a lot more than just the doctrines of grace.
I must admit though I had a thirst for the truth, which caused me not to let go of trying to find out the truth. I fought hard against what I was seeing, and it caused me many a sleepless night and stress in my family. Even after I embraced these doctrines, I did so not because I liked them, rather because I could not argue against how biblical they were. I knew deep down that it did not matter if I liked Calvinism, it mattered whether they were biblical or not.
I think it was only after I was reading Romans 9 concerning election, that a light went on concerning why I didn't like these doctrines. Basically, I was looking at them through a worldly sense of what I thought was fair. Rather than through the eyes of my sovereign God.
So 'The Highway" is where I cut my Reformed teeth and just like a baby who is teething it hurt!

Tom