I think the combination of "unconditional election" (God has chooses those who he will save not based on virtue, merit, or faith in those people; rather, his ch

I think the combination of "unconditional election" (God has chooses those who he will save not based on virtue, merit, or faith in those people; rather, his choice is mercy alone) and "limited atonement" (Jesus didn't save everybody, only the "elect") strikes many people as very odd. The notion that God will only save some people and that they will have done nothing in particular to deserve it - and then of course, religious people always believe that they are among the people who will be saved. So "God will save some people but not others; they don't deserve it; and the saved just so happen to include me!" This all comes off a bit arrogant to me, as GP alluded to.