FAILURE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM As we have seen, Pinnock believes, with Arminian thought in general, that unless one postulates on God’s part a laissez-faire posture toward man’s choices and actions and on man’s part the complete freedom to choose one from two or more incompatible courses of action, God becomes the responsible cause of sin and thus renders himself incapable—at least in justice—to call men to account for their sins. Pinnock’s counter-construction, however, assuming its correctness for