Hello Stripes1776 -
I have been reading your posts since you joined this thread and have noted that you seem very comfortable with speaking on behalf of "most Protestants". From your posts I know for sure that you do not speak for Baptists, the largest Protestant denomination. In general, nor would I imagine that you speak for Lutherans. Nor would I imagine that you speak for Presbyterians.
I just named three of the top four most populous non-Catholic faiths in this country and none of them agree with you. I'm just wondering where is this Protestant majority that you are championing?
Then you haven't been reading closely enought. I have stated that I cannot speak for all Protestants who believe in free will. I have also stated that most Protestants are not Calvinists. And I have stated that most Protestants today do believe in free will. I stand by that statement because it is true.
Here is an essay by a Calvinist who says "Most modern Protestants are Arminian." Althought I do not agree with his characterization of Arminianism in many of its details, that is one of the few statements made by a Calvinist that I would agree with.