@Doran (not that you'll read this)
No. Obviously not.
If you prove that Scripture nowhere proves that Jesus is God, then you have not proven ergo He is not. Much less that He must be a Martian or ghost. There IS at least (at least!) one "third position" (as you put it): Scripture doesn't expressly say. And of course there are others, too. For example, the point you've suggested - that He died for no one (actually, you've unintentionally made your best case for that option). Others: He died for men but not women. He died for Catholics but not Protestants. He died for people then but now those alive now. But your position is: Jesus died ONLY for the Elect, ONLY for "the sheep" Disproving that He died for all does not prove ergo He died for the Elect (it just makes that less likely). Insisting it's not "all" does not prove "just a few."
But here's your problem: We have presented a GREAT MANY Scriptures that expressly, flat-out, verbatim, in black-and-white STATE the ancient, ecumenical, foundational Christian belief. And you have presented NOTHING that states your position. Lots of Scriptures that STATE Jesus died for all, for everyone. Not one that states your position, that He did ONLY, EXCLUSIVELY, SOLELY for some FEW. That's the reality. And we all know why you and Dave have not presented a single Scripture to support your view (not without ADDED your point, ADDED the words "NOT" or "ONLY" or "FEW" - not without ADDED your point. We don't have to add "all" or "everyone."
And of course, our position is the universal, historic, ancient faith of Christians. Historically, Christians have not disbelieved all these Scriptures we've offered on this, they have not insisted "God CANNOT do that!" They have upheld this glorious Gospel, SO often and SO clearly proclaimed in Holy Scripture. Not until after the death of Calvin did a FEW very radical anti-Calvin theorist come up with this idea - NOT because of ANY Scripture that states their view but because it seemed to them to be a "logical consequence" of their (wrong) idea about double-predestination and frankly some pretty much discounting the role of faith.
We have the Words of Scripture and the Witness of the Faith entirely on our side. You have your claims that God CANNOT do things He says He does.... claims of your brilliant mind, infallible logic, superior intelligence and that we should begin with that rather than what the Bible states.
You will insist that the Bible states that Jesus died ONLY for the Elect, ONLY for "the sheep" but you have not one Scripture that says that, as you've proven. And on a practical level, that just means no one knows who (since the sheep and Elect don't have a red dot on their foreheads and their names are not listed in the Bible). You'll insist, "we know because it was only for the Elect that Christ died so God only gives them faith" - pretty bad circular reasoning. You might insist (based on this circular reasoning) that IF a person has faith, Jesus died for them but what about BEFORE they have faith? You can't know - even with your logical fallacy. Before faith, you cannot know. So pastors, teachers, missionaries are telling THEM the Gospel but MUST say, "But this very likely is not for you, odds are God doesn't love you, odds are God won't forgive YOU, odds are pretty good He wants to be gloried by seeing you fry eternally in hell (which is why He gave you life). This FEW that is the point of your dogma is an unknowable few. It's not only NOT "all" or "everyone" ... it's NOT 'many".... it's some unknowable FEW.
A poster here noted that there is better biblical support for Jesus dying for all than there is for the divinity of Jesus or the Trinity - and perhaps he has a point.
Nice try. But your position isn't that He died for many. You reject THAT word, too (as you do pretty much everything God said on this point). The "L" is that He died for ONLY SOME FEW. I've read some anti-Calvin folks say 25% of people, some 10%, most that we can't know, but certainly a small minority, often quoting Jesus' point about a narrow door. So, just ONE of the things you must prove is that "MANY" must mean not many but just a few. Just as "all" must mean "just a few." Just as "everyone" must mean "hardly anyone."
I just won't go down all your endless rabbit holes. The issue here is not about the Elect. It's about this: Does the Bible state that Jesus died for all OR does it state that Jesus did NOT die for all BUT RATHER ONLY, EXCLUSIVELY, SOLELY for some FEW.
Of course, you've offered NOTHING to show that's true. It just seems to be part of your confusion about the Cross and Faith. Scripture is tossed aside because if we accept what Scripture SO often verbatim states, what Christians have always believed, what the Church Council declared, what John Calvin taught - then God would be FORCED to give faith to everyone He died for. Absurd. Scripture never remotely says any such thing. And then you have to reject all those Scriptures about God loving all. And ultimately, even question of faith has anything to do with anything. EVEN ANTI-CALVIN radicals eventually admit their position is found nowhere in Scripture, it's required to make TULIP logical to them. It's a "logical inferance" of the rest of their TULIP'ian theology. Their brain trumps God's Word and the ancient faith of God's people.
Questions substantiate nothing.
Questions you ask are not Scriptures stating your position.
Read post 428.
State your Scriptures that state your position. And if you can't, we're done.
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You have so much zeal...sadly without knowledge (Rom 10:2).
I gotta tell ya this: Just like Heb 2:9 does NOT say that Christ tasted death for everyone in the world, likewise Jn 3:16 does not teach God so loved everyone in the world. Those who believe in unlimited atonement or believe that God's love is unconditional in nature read such things into the text in order to try to substantiate their position. However, adding words to scripture (explicitly or implicitly) is expressly forbidden in scripture (Deut 4:2; 12:32; Prov 30:6; Rev 22:18-19). You might want to take these injunctions to heart.