Hi Catholic Soldier,

Thanks for your kind words.

Of course, I would have to disagree with your belief that the "natural conclusions" of Arminians would lead to the Pelagian heresies. I know that what I wrote about Cain could have been construed that way, i.e. that man is morally neutral. However, I must point out that I was speaking of free will in regard to moral choices, and not concerning the choice of salvation: "There is no one righteous; no one who seeks God" (Rom. 3:9f). We are not saved by free will, for even if Cain could have chosen otherwise, (i.e. not to murder Abel), it wouldn't have meant that he was right before God for we are justified by faith alone.

My point was: Cain could really have mastered sin, otherwise God wouldn't have asked him to (Gen. 4:7).