HD, if one is in fact among the elect, is there any reason not to "sin vigorously"? And if one is not among the elect, does it make any difference at all if one "sins vigorously"?
Kolokotronis,
Arminianism/Calvinism is a distinction wholly within the Reformation movement. Even though the Catholics are mentioned, it is only as a rhetorical device in what is an internal Protestant dispute. I would advocate giving our Protestant friends a space to discuss things important to them in peace, and in necessary nuance of which we, outsiders, are not capable. If we lob over to them fundamental questions like this pretty soon it will be not a Arminianism/Calvinism thread but a Catholic-Orthodox/Protestant thread, and we have enough of those.
The same thing happens to us, of course. Post anything with "Purgatory" or "Mary" in the title and 80% of the thread goes to deal with Protestant prooftexting or demands for more prooftexting, and the real purpose of the thread is lost. Not every thread benefits from wide participation.