The LCMS does not believe that Scripture teaches a predestination to damnation: God desires all to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Tim. 2:3-4).and Dr. E saying that Dr. Eck disses the LCMS: "he liberal church teaching of free will has infected the Lutherans, too, in contradiction to what Martin Luther taught from Scripture" --> is this true, xzins, xone?
From Cronos' link it is apparent that the Confessional Lutherans that hold the election/predestination of the saints, don't hold to the idea of predestination of the damned. Following Cronos' link after (1 Tim 2:3-4) we find: "Like so many teachings of Scripture (e.g., the Trinity, eternity, the two natures of Christ, the love of a holy God for rebellious sinners), this teaching seems contradictory and is incomprehensible to human reason. We believe it not because it "makes sense" to human reason, but because this is what we find taught in the pages of God's holy Word." LCMS.org
There are better Lutheran apologists aboard FR than I, more likely all the Confessional Lutherans are better at it than I am. Perhaps the reason they avoid these types of disagreements is that they know that no minds will change. As one of them said, "Lutherans are between Rome and Geneva, and always will be." or some such paraphrase. But I believe the chief reason these discussions are avoided is that there is little Gospel light radiating from the discussion.
So to answer the questions, yes I know that Dr Eckleburg will disagree with me, she should as she is a Calvinist. And no Cronos it doesn't bother me.