Actually, Harley there is only one issue here and that issue is biblical authority.
I can easily think outside the box. I understand how the bible is constructed for you to arrive at your point. I even believe it is a biblical case that you make.
However, I personally believe that the biblical case is stronger for free will. It, too, can be researched in scripture and all of the bases are covered. I have compared the 2 and I still find the determinist position weaker.
You look at it and you find the free will position weaker.
If my position or your position were constructed based on "philosophy or the rudiments of the world and not after Christ" then that position would be wrong.
That is not the case with either of us, and that is why both of us are Christians. We are doing as required by the Bible and working "out our (own) salvation in fear and trembling."
Fair enough.