You wrote:
“BTW, Protestantism in Western Europe began at a different time than in Eastern Europe and took a different form.”
Even if true, that has NOTHING to do with what we are talking about.
“The German timeline simply doesn’t mean anything except in Central Europe.”
So now you’re making a case that Pizarro could never have been a Protestant. Protestantism started in Germany. If you’re admitting it got to Spain much later, than that only helps show you are wrong. Didn’t that occur to you?
“The situation in Spain was far different. They discovered America and people could get out of Spain any time they wanted.”
But Pizarro and no one in his family were Protestant. You have ZERO evidence. ZERO.
Might be a difficult claim to substantiate, but aren't they all. No time machines jack.
Your understanding of Protestantism seems to go no further than Lutheranism. Sorry, that doesn't cut it. Many protestants consider Lutherans to simply be Catholics with a different name ~ ever see their services? In Scandinavia they even call their ministers "priests" ~