We believe that all mankind is not only not in the boat, but has already drowned. Man doesn't need a lifeboat to save him from eventually drowning, he needs a heart transplant to give him new life because has has already drowned in his sin.
Where do you find support that "The Elect" does not and cannot equal "Whosoever," ever. ??
Perhaps the elect are the angels--as in the elect angels.
Unfortunately for the Arminian, who wants self-election, being elect as the angels are elect would mean that no man would ever be saved.
And they are all saying that Jesus suffered for sinners whom God will then turn around and punish in the Lake of Fire for all eternity. Thus, God punished twice the same sins. And they call Calvinism sick!
I wonder if the Bible says that unbelief is a sin....