[AndrewC]

As best as I can figure it, it's a purely religious concept concerning man's ability to act independently of God.

I take it you are now not even pretending to be a Roman Catholic?

[Junior]

I take it now you lack the intelligence or desire to understand the point I was trying to make.

But what more should we expect from a weasily word lawyer? You latch onto the surface features of an argument in your desire to appeal to an audience who finds thinking difficult and never actually consider the totality of the argument itself.

Catholicism, at least at one time, encouraged rigorous thinking. It appears that whatever form of Christianity you practice no longer does so.