Is The Doctrine of Election Biblical?

What does this passage in John 6:44 mean? "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him." Jesus was stating a simple truth. Without the spirit of God drawing men to himself, no-one could be saved. 

But salvation is more than being drawn by the Spirit of God’s love. God’s love draws all. “...God is not willing that any should perish but that all come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3.9b

The descendants of Abraham were the objects of God’s love because of who God is, not because of who they were: "The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: But because the LORD loved you." (De 7.7,8a) 

Even so, being “chosen" unaccompanied by faith, did not save them. Hebrews 3:18, 19 states it clearly; "And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? They [the chosen people] could not enter in because of unbelief.” All descendants of Abraham, through the lineage of Issac, were God’s chosen people. But entering into God’s rest required a further step. An act of the will. They must believe. John 3:16 summarizes it well. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Free will is an important doctrine. It explains the reality of evil co-existing with the truth so beautifully expressed in Ezekiel 33.11: "I [God] have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from their wicked way and live." 

The Apostle Paul reinforces this truth in Romans 1:20: "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:" 

These two references represent Biblical threads that run from Genesis to Revelation. Our choices matter and have consequences. Clearly, if the doctrine of election is the only mechanism of salvation, then those who are not "elect" have a perfect "excuse" for not believing. They were not chosen. The doctrine of election causes Ezekiel 33:11, Romans 1:20, and many similar Biblical references, to seem disingenuous or make no sense.

Finally, what’s the point of the doctrine of election? Why argue for it? Is it important for people to know they are not elect? To convince them they are lost and going to hell while teaching that nothing they could, should, or would have done, could impact God's choice? 

Perhaps it's fear. The one who doubts the doctrine of election casts doubt on their own status. 

That is not faith. It's is unbelief.