I had a discussion yesterday (more on that on a later post) with a person leaning semi-Pelagian (aka: Arminian) on the question of why God created the world.  His response was basically that God’s intention was for man to be free to either choose or deny Him.

In short, Freedom for the creature is the ultimate Good.

But if this is the case, then I merely ask: is God free to not love all?  If God is, then what problem does the semi-Pelagian/Arminian have with Calvinism?  If He is not, then would that not mean that God Himself can grant what He Himself cannot do; that God’s creation, in other words, usurps Him in the very thing defined as the highest good?