God’s purposes, desires, or choices depend on anything or anyone but himself. So the key concepts associated with aseity are retained even if one rejects this third item. Moreover, for Calvinists, God has already decided before the foundation of the world what he will think and do at the appropriate moment in response to us. For Arminians who think that God foresees the future free actions of his creatures, God has also already decided in advance what he will say and do. It would seem that the only